The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi

The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

Nadia Hashimi

465 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical challenging emotional sad medium-paced
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Afghan-American author Nadia Hashimi's The Pearl That Broke Its Shell tells the entwined stories of two Afghan women in the same family, separated by a century, who find freedom in the tradition of bacha posh--an ancient custom that allows girls t...

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