The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi may remind you of The Kiterunner by Khalid Hosseini, but that's a good thing, right? You'll find it an unforgettable read....
Review from Bookreporter.com
I spent the week absorbed in reading --- and I do mean absorbed. While I read a lot, a book like THE PEARL THAT BROKE ITS SHELL by Nadia Hashimi, which will be in stores on May 6th, is one that will stay with me and also made me feel grateful for where I live. It opens in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2007 where Rahima lives with her mother, sisters and opium-addicted father. The only way that she can leave the house is by adopting the bacha posh custom of dressing like a boy, which she can do until she matures. In this way, she attends school and moves freely around their village. But at some point, she must become a girl again, and at that point is married off with her two sisters to give the family some much-needed money, as well as a pipeline to opium for her father. What happens to Rahima is not new to her family. A century before, her great-aunt Shekiba, who was orphaned, also adopted a disguise as a man to survive. Their stories are intertwined, and it makes for a very compelling read. I read long into the night to finish it on Tuesday.
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