William Morrow
May 2014
On Sale: May 6, 2014
Featuring: Rahima
464 pages ISBN: 0062244752 EAN: 9780062244758 Kindle: B00FJ350AI Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel is a
searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to
control one's own fate that combines the cultural flavor
and emotional resonance of the works of Khaled Hosseini,
Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lisa See.
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 Pearl the Broke Its Shell
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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