The pearl that broke its shell
Record details
- ISBN: 006233851X
- ISBN: 9780062338518
- ISBN: 0062244760 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780062244765 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 0062244752 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780062244758 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0062244752 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780062244758 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0062244752 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780062244765 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 0062244760 (trade pbk.)
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Physical Description:
452 pages ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | 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? |
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Genre: | Domestic fiction. Domestic fiction. Domestic fiction. |
Available copies
- 23 of 26 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kent Memorial Library - Suffield. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 26 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kent Memorial Library - Suffield | FICTION HASHIMI (Text) | 32518129845577 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | FIC Has (Text) | 33160125563216 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Brookfield Library | F/HASHIMI (Text) | 34029131963984 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Burnham Library - Bridgewater | FIC HASHIMI (Text) | 36937002132950 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Chester Public Library | HAS (Text) | 33210000354817 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Derby Public Library | FIC HAS (Text) | 34047129106226 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Douglas Library of Hebron | FIC HAS (Text) | 33400130683983 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | F HASHIMI (Text) | 31953127966029 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | F HASHIMI (Text) | 31953133845373 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Howard Whittemore Library - Naugatuck | FIC HASHIMI, NADIA (Text) | 34027132874325 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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