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Little, Brown and Company
June 2007
On Sale: June 5, 2007
384 pages
ISBN: 0316065765
EAN: 9780316065764
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Women's Fiction | Historical
In 17th-century Persia, a 14-year-old woman believes she
will be married within the year. But when her beloved father
dies, she and her mother find themselves alone and without a
dowry. With nowhere else to go, they are forced to sell the
brilliant turquoise rug the young woman has woven to pay for
their journey to Isfahan, where they will work as servants
for her uncle, a rich rug designer in the court of the
legendary Shah Abbas the Great.
Despite her lowly
station, the young woman blossoms as a brilliant designer of
carpets, a rarity in a craft dominated by men. But while her
talent flourishes, her prospects for a happy marriage grow
dim. Forced into a secret marriage to
a wealthy man, the
young woman finds herself faced with a daunting decision:
forsake her own dignity, or risk everything she has in an
effort to create a new life.
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