The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

by Nadia Hashimi

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In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school and 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.
  • ISBN10 0062244752
  • ISBN13 9780062244758
  • Publish Date 6 May 2014
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 5 August 2014
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • Imprint HarperCollins
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 464
  • Language English