HUKUMSHAHICHYA SAVLIT (Marathi)

TELLS THE STORY OF GENERAL KAMEL SACHET, A DECORATED HERO OF THE LONG IRAN-IRAQ WAR AND A FAVOURITE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN`S. THIS BOOK REVEALS THE EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SCARS THE SACHET FAMILY SUFFER AS A RESULT OF DECADES SPENT LIVING WITH WAR AND REPRESSION. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM A TYRANT, HOW CAN YOU PROTECT YOUR FAMILY? AND HOW DOES A PROUD MAN LIVE WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE? REMINISCENT IN PART OF "STASILAND" AND "THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL", THIS IS THE STORY OF ONE FAMILY`S STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE THE INIQUITIES OF SADDAM HUSSEIN`S SAVAGE DICTATORSHIP. IT IS A CAREER-DEFINING BOOK FOR WENDELL STEAVENSON. IN "THE WEIGHT OF A MUSTARD SEED", WENDELL STEAVENSON TELLS THE STORY OF GENERAL KAMEL SACHET, A DECORATED HERO OF THE LONG IRAN-IRAQ WAR AND A FAVOURITE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN`S. AS STEAVENSON REVEALS THE EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SCARS THE SACHET FAMILY SUFFER AS A RESULT OF DECADES SPENT LIVING WITH WAR AND REPRESSION, SHE REACHES TOWARDS THE HEART OF A PREVIOUSLY UNSPOKEN STORY OF IRAQ: A ONCE PROSPEROUS NATION, REDUCED BY HUSSEIN`S MEGALOMANIA AND PARANOIA TO BANKRUPTCY, CORRUPTION AND IMPOTENCE. THE RESULT IS AN INTIMATE, STARTLING AND GRIPPING ACCOUNT OF THE SLOW DESTRUCTION OF SACHET, HIS FAMILY AND HIS COUNTRY.