The Pearl That Broke Its Shell - Nadia Hashimi
Category: Historical Fiction
Tags: Historical Fiction
Goodreads Choice AwardNominee for Best Fiction (2014), Nominee for Best Debut Goodreads Author (2014) Afghan-American Nadia Hashimis literary debut novel, The Pearl that Broke Its Shell is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to control ones own fate that combines the cultural flavor and emotional resonance of the works of Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lisa See., 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, Th
