The Pearl that Broke Its Shell

A Novel

mass market paperback, 464 pages

Published April 25, 2017 by William Morrow.

ISBN:
978-0-06-267762-4
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In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school and 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.

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