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Hashimi, Nadia.
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Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
Passing (Identity) -- Fiction.
Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Fiction.
Afghanistan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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Hashimi, Nadia.
Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
Passing (Identity) -- Fiction.
Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Fiction.
Afghanistan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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The
pearl
that
broke
its
shell
: a
novel
/ Nadia Hashimi.
by
Hashimi, Nadia.
William Morrow, c2014.
Call #:
FICTION HAS
Subjects
Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
Passing (Identity) -- Fiction.
Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Fiction.
Afghanistan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780062244765 (trade pbk.)
9780062338518 (trade pbk.)
9780062244758
0062244752
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
452 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
In Kabul in 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school and rarely leave the house, and 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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Women's fiction.
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Tantallon Public Library
Adult Fiction
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Jul 18, 2024
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