The pearl that broke its shell

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Nadia Hashimi: The pearl that broke its shell (2014)

452 pages

English language

Published Dec. 24, 2014

ISBN:
978-0-06-224475-8
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OCLC Number:
853664407

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In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school and rarely leave the house. Their only hope lies in the ancient custom of bacha posh, which allows young Rahima to dress and be treated as a boy until she is of marriageable age.

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Subjects

  • Sisters
  • Impersonation
  • Fiction
  • Women

Places

  • Afghanistan
  • Kabul (Afghanistan)