Stolen Blessings: A book that tries to steal back

Having grown up in unfavourable circumstances due to constant wars in Afghanistan, Trina Ehsan, was inspired to show the world the immense gravity and undeniable repercussions wars imprints on an individual’s life. She resorted to the power of the written word and Stolen Blessings was published in November 2021.

After witnessing her first draft book in the Afghanistan University Library being burnt and bombed as a result of the war; the book which was the product of many years of hard work through war, bombings and pregnancy, Trina Ehsan did not call it a day.

Raising four children and continuing to lecture Mathematics at different institutes and schools in Russia and Kabul, Trina eventually migrated to Australia and published her first book in 2005.

Trina Ehsan displaying her new book Stolen Blessings at the Spill the Beans Annual General Meeting.

Trina Ehsan also continued to teach and even ran her own day-care centre for several years before deciding to dedicate a book to help those in need in Afghanistan and hence Stolen Blessings was published.

“Stolen Blessings is an autobiography of what I went through but it is also an important message for today’s world,” Trina explains to me.

“It is an outcry echoing the pain, suffering, grief, agony, distress and hardship every parent, child and orphan living in civil unrest has had to witness,” Trina continues with a mixture of passion and bitterness.

Trina then extends to illustrate that her book reflects how wars have led to the longing to be accepted by other cultures and countries; and hence, the demise of culture and the slaughter of inner peace.

Trina Ehsan proudly declares that all profit gained from the selling of Stolen Blessings will be used to help disadvantaged Afghani people gain access to water.

“It is the least I can do to help the Afghani people back in my country: to use the power of the written word and to raise awareness of what greed, money and power has stolen from us; and perhaps, raise a bit of financial aid too..,” Mrs Ehsan concludes.

To donate or purchase the book Stolen Blessings, email Trina_ehsan@hotmail.com.