"Kabul, 2007. With a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters only sporadically attend school, and can rarely leave the house. Their one 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 custom. A century earlier, her great-great grandmother saved herself and built a new life the same way"--Back cover.
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