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In Friendship, she found empowerment. In a forbidden secret, she found courage.
Simon & Schuster Gallery Books
November 2010
On Sale: November 9, 2010
Featuring: Elsa
288 pages
ISBN: 1439191387
EAN: 9781439191385
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Women's Fiction
Gripped by haunting magazine images of starving refugees,
Elsa has dreamed of becoming a nurse since she was a
teenager, of leaving her humble working-class Boston
neighborhood to help people whose lives are far more
difficult than her own. No one in her family has ever
escaped poverty, but Elsa has a secret weapon: a tube of
lipstick she found in her older sister’s bureau. Wearing it
never fails to raise her spirits and bolster her confidence.
With lipstick on, she can do anything—even travel alone to
war-torn Afghanistan in the wake of September 11. Violent nights as an emergency room nurse in Boston did not
prepare Elsa for the devastation she witnesses at the small
medical clinic she runs in Bamiyan. As she struggles to
prove herself in the male-dominated culture, a tube of
lipstick she finds in the aftermath of a tragic bus bombing
leads her to a life-changing friendship with Parween, a
young woman who has lost her adored young husband to the
Taliban’s treachery. In Parween, Elsa finds a kindred
spirit, fiery, generous, and determined to fight back
against the restrictions that plague the women of her small
country. Together, they risk their lives to rebel against the Taliban
and bring opportunity to the people of their village. But
when they must stand up and fight for their own survival,
Elsa discovers her only hope is to unveil the warrior within.
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