History Literature / TheLittleCoffeeShopOfKabul

Sunny is a young American woman who runs a little coffee shop in the heart of Kabul, Afghanistan. Helping her is Halajan, a woman old enough to remember pre-Taliban Afghanistan, and her son, Ashmet, who is very rooted in tradition. Soon they are joined by Yazmina, a young pregnant woman who was bought by sex traders before being dumped on the street.

* AdultFear: There's plenty of examples.
** Yazmina is a young pregnant woman from a poor Afghan village who's uncle had to sell her to the gang that was threatening their farm. Then, when they find out she's not a virgin, they throw her on the street to fend for herself. Then she has to keep her pregnancy a secret since her husband was killed, lest she be executed.
** There's also her younger sister. Yazmina knows that the gang will come for her next, and is worried for her life.
** Halajan is a woman old enough to remember the pre-Taliban days. She's [[StarCrossedLovers in love with a man she wasn't promised to]], and the two continue to pine for each other [[DecemberDecemberRomance even into their golden years]]. However, she has to keep it a secret from Ashmet, knowing that he would never approve because of how traditional he is.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Isabel was killed in an explosion, and Sunny is returning to America, but Ashmet has finally decided to accept the non-traditional customs of his mom and allow her to marry Rashif. Ashmet marries Yazmina after accepting that Yazmina is pregnant with a dead man's baby. Yazmina's younger sister was saves from a potential life as a SexSlave. Finally, Ashmet, Yazmina, Halajan, and Rashif continue to run the coffee shop after Sunny leaves.]]

The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul is a SliceOfLife novel by Deborah Rodriguez.

** Halajanis a woman old enough to remember the pre-Taliban days. She's [[StarCrossedLovers in love with a man she wasn't promised to]], and the two continue to pine for each other [[DecemberDecemberRomance even into their golden years]]. However, she has to keep it a secret from Ashmet, knowing that he would never approve because of how traditional he is.

* StarCrossedLovers: Halajan and Rashif fancy each other, but were arranged to different people by their own family. They can't be open about their relationship because of how deeply traditional Ashmet is.

* MySecretPregnancy: Yazmina tries to keep her pregnancy a secret because she's afraid she'll be executed. Thankfully, most of the coffee shop employees are very understanding, [[spoiler: though Ashmat needs some time to accept it]].

* DecemberDecemberRomance: Halajan and Rashif. They've been secretly conversing via letters for years.