William Morrow
January 2015
On Sale: January 6, 2015
Featuring: Shekiba; Rahima
480 pages ISBN: 0062244760 EAN: 9780062244765 Kindle: 0062244760 Paperback / e-Book (reprint) 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-great
grandmother, 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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