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Author:

Hashimi, Nadia.

Title:

The pearl that broke its shell / Nadia Hashimi.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

William MorrowAn Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

452 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Girls--Afghanistan--Social conditions--Fiction.
Sex role--Afghanistan--Fiction.
Impersonation--Fiction.
Children of drug addicts--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Afghanistan--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Identity--Fiction.
Freedom--Fiction.
Coming of age--Fiction.
Courage--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
Afghanistan.
Afghanistan.
Children of drug addicts.
Girls--Social conditions.
Impersonation.
Sex role.
Sisters.
Afghanistan.
Domestic fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Summary:

In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school, and can 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. As a son, she can attend school, go to the market, and chaperone her older sisters. But Rahima is not the first in her family to adopt this unusual custom. A century earlier, her great-aunt, Shekiba, left orphaned by an epidemic, saved herself and built a new life the same way. Crisscrossing in time, the novel interweaves the tales of these two women separated by a century who share similar destinies. But what will happen once Rahima is of marriageable age? Will Shekiba always live as a man? And if Rahima cannot adapt to life as a bride, how will she survive?

ISBN:

006233851X
9780062338518
0062244760
9780062244765
0062244752
9780062244758

OCLC:

(OCoLC)853664407

LCCN:

2013025523

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls) — Copies: 5

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale) — Copies: 10