The pearl that broke its shell: a novel
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2014
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English
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Adopting the custom of bacha posh in 2007 Kabul, which allows her to dress and be treated as a boy, attend school and chaperone her sisters until she is of marriageable age, Rahima, the daughter of a drug-addicted father, discovers that she is not the first in her family to adopt this unusual custom.
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Subjects
Subjects
Afghanistan -- Fiction
Children of drug addicts
Children of drug addicts -- Fiction
Coming of age
Coming of age -- Fiction
Courage
Courage -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Electronic books
Families
Families -- Afghanistan -- Fiction
Family life
Family life -- Fiction
Fathers and daughters
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
Fiction
Freedom
Freedom -- Fiction
Girls
Girls -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- Fiction
Historical Fiction
Identity
Identity -- Fiction
Impersonation
Impersonation -- Fiction
Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Fiction
Literature
Male impersonators
Male impersonators -- Fiction
Sex role
Sex role -- Afghanistan -- Fiction
Sisters
Sisters -- Fiction
Social conditions
Survival
Survival -- Fiction
Women
Women -- Afghanistan -- Fiction
Children of drug addicts
Children of drug addicts -- Fiction
Coming of age
Coming of age -- Fiction
Courage
Courage -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Electronic books
Families
Families -- Afghanistan -- Fiction
Family life
Family life -- Fiction
Fathers and daughters
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
Fiction
Freedom
Freedom -- Fiction
Girls
Girls -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- Fiction
Historical Fiction
Identity
Identity -- Fiction
Impersonation
Impersonation -- Fiction
Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Fiction
Literature
Male impersonators
Male impersonators -- Fiction
Sex role
Sex role -- Afghanistan -- Fiction
Sisters
Sisters -- Fiction
Social conditions
Survival
Survival -- Fiction
Women
Women -- Afghanistan -- Fiction
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9780062244758
9780062244772
9780062244772
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| Last Grouping Update | 2022-05-15 03:50:09AM |
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| publishDate | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| subject_facet | Afghanistan -- Fiction Children of drug addicts -- Fiction Coming of age -- Fiction Courage -- Fiction Domestic fiction Electronic books Families -- Afghanistan -- Fiction Family life -- Fiction Fathers and daughters -- Fiction Freedom -- Fiction Girls -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- Fiction Identity -- Fiction Impersonation -- Fiction Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Fiction Male impersonators -- Fiction Sex role -- Afghanistan -- Fiction Sisters -- Fiction Survival -- Fiction Women -- Afghanistan -- Fiction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| title_full | The Pearl That Broke Its Shell A Novel The pearl that broke its shell : a novel / Nadia Hashimi The pearl that broke its shell [electronic resource] / Nadia Hashimi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_short | The pearl that broke its shell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_sub | a novel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| topic_facet | Children of drug addicts Coming of age Courage Electronic books Families Family life Fathers and daughters Fiction Freedom Girls Historical Fiction Identity Impersonation Literature Male impersonators Sex role Sisters Social conditions Survival Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
