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020			_a9780062244765
040			_cYeshi
082			_aFIC HAS
100			_aHashimi, Nadia.
245			_aThe pearl that broke its shell : _ba novel / _cNadia Hashimi.
260			_aNew York : _bwilliam Morrow, _c2014.
300			_a452 p. : _c21 cm.
520			_a 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 novel 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?.
650			_aGirls _vFiction. _xSocial conditions _zAfghanistan
650			_aSex role _vFiction. _zAfghanistan
650			_aImpersonation _v Fiction.
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