The pearl that broke its shell. [kit]

The pearl that broke its shell. [kit]

By
: 
Hashimi, Nadia.

Publication Date
: 
2014

Physical Description
: 
Books.+ 1 discussion question booklet + 1 biographical booklet.

Subject Term
: 
Sisters -- Fiction.
 
Impersonation -- Fiction.
 
Women -- Afghanistan.
 
Domestic fiction.

Geographic Term
: 
Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.

Series
: 
BOOKCLUB KIT
 
BOOKCLUB KIT.

Summary
: 
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.

Audience
: 
For bookclub participants.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9780062244765
 
9780032244765


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