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The pearl that broke its shell

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    Running Time: 16:00 hrs
    Narrator: Gin Hammond
    Publisher:
    Blackstone Audio, 2014
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

Details:

  • Author: Hashimi, Nadia
    Contributor: Hammond, Gin
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2014
    Summary:

    In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school or leave the house. Their only hope lies in an ancient custom that will allow Rahima to dress and be treated as a boy until she is of marriageable age.

    Subject(s): Afghanistan | Sisters | Impersonation | Sex role | Children of drug addicts | Girls--Social conditions | Women
    Original Publisher: [Ashland, Oregon], Blackstone Audio
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781483006789, 1483006786, 9781483006802, 1483006808