How does the ending of the story bring hope? Chapter 15

Chapter Fifteen opens with Parvana reflecting on how her father is barely recognizable: his white shalwar kameez is gray and tattered, his face drawn and pale. The men say they found him outside the prison. He’d been released by the Taliban, but he was too weak to move. The men were kind enough to bring him home. Gradually Mrs. Weera and Parvana return him to health. He was badly beaten in prison and his bandages needed to be changed often. One day Parvana comes home from work to find Homa and her father conversing in English, which Homa can speak with hesitation.

With this area of her life repaired, Parvana is filled with hope. She chases after customers in the market like the real boys do. Shauzia says she is working harder too: she doesn’t want to be married, as her grandfather is planning. If she leaves, maybe she’ll have a chance. One day Mrs. Weera has a visitor who has come from Mazar. Father tells Parvana about the visit, passing on the information that people have fled the city and are staying in refugee camps. It’s possible Mother is at one of them. They decide to travel there as soon as they can arrange transport, hopefully in a couple of weeks. Parvana finally asks her father why he was released: he says he doesn’t even know why he was arrested, and so how could he know why he was freed. With confidence, Parvana says they’ll find their family and bring them home.