The pearl that broke its shell / Nadia Hashimi.
Kabul, 2007: The Taliban rules the streets. With a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can rarely leave the house or attend school. Their only hope lies in the ancient Afghan custom of bacha posh, which allows young Rahima to dress and be treated as a son until she is of marriageable age. As a boy, she has the kind of freedom that was previously unimaginable ... freedom that will transform her forever. But Rahima is not the first in her family to adopt this unusual custom. A century earlier, her great-great-grandmother Shekiba, left orphaned by an epidemic, saved herself and built a new life in the same way - the change took her on a journey from the deprivation of life in a rural village to the opulence of a king's palace in the bustling metropolis of Kabul. Crisscrossing in time, The Pearl That Broke Its Shell interweaves the stories of these two remoarkable women who are separated by a century but share the same courage and dreams. What will happen once Rahima is old enough to marry? How long can Shekiba pass as a man? And if Rahima cannot adapt to life as a bride, how will she survive? -- Jacket flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 0062244752
- ISBN: 0062244760
- ISBN: 9780062244758
- ISBN: 9780062244765
- Physical Description: 452 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : William Morrow, [2014]
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "A novel"--Cover.
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- Domestic fiction.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC HASHIMI (Text) | 36015000290128 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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