The pearl that broke its shell, Nadia Hashimi
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The pearl that broke its shell, Nadia Hashimi
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The pearl that broke its shell
Oclc number
853664407
Responsibility statement
Nadia Hashimi
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?
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- Sex role -- Afghanistan -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Coming of age -- Fiction
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Children of drug addicts -- Fiction
- Girls -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- Fiction
- Identity -- Fiction
- Afghanistan -- Fiction
- Imitation -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Filles -- Afghānistān -- Conditions sociales -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Rôle selon le sexe -- Afghānistān -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Enfants de toxicomanes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Freedom -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Sœurs -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Courage -- Fiction
- Family life -- Fiction
- Survival -- Fiction
- People with a substance use disorder
- Impersonation -- Fiction
- Substance use disorder
- Afghanistan
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- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject22
- Sex role -- Afghanistan -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Coming of age -- Fiction
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Children of drug addicts -- Fiction
- Girls -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- Fiction
- Identity -- Fiction
- Afghanistan -- Fiction
- Imitation -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Filles -- Afghānistān -- Conditions sociales -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Rôle selon le sexe -- Afghānistān -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Enfants de toxicomanes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Freedom -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Sœurs -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Courage -- Fiction
- Family life -- Fiction
- Survival -- Fiction
- People with a substance use disorder
- Impersonation -- Fiction
- Substance use disorder
- Afghanistan
- Content1
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