Purchase
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
Nadia Hashimi
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
Fiction
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?
Comments
No comments posted.
Registered users may leave comments.
Log in or register now!
| 
© 2003-2024 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy