As depicted by Nadia Hashimi in The Pearl that Broke Its Shell, there is only one correct way to be a woman. First, girls are obedient daughters, then they are obedient wives who have sons. There is only one tiny exception; everything else is deeply wrong or criminal. The exceptions are the bacha po...
Nadia Hashimi’s A House Without Windows is the kind of book tailor-made to make feminist Westerners seethe. Hardly a chapter goes by without a new variation on injustice to Afghani women. And yet, Hashimi is a skilled enough writer to keep her message from overwhelming the very interesting mystery t...
I really enjoyed this book, more so than The Pearl That Broke Its Shell. The plot seemed to have a bit more to it. The characters are nuanced with their own strengths and challenges.While I really enjoy her writing, I have trouble reality checking it at times because I know so little about life in A...
I don't know about you, but I had only recently heard of the Afghan practice of bacha posh, and I hadn't even heard the term until this book. I had no idea what I was getting into. I have to say that what I loved the most about the book was that it was composed of parallel stories in two different ...
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi I don't know about you, but I had only recently heard of the Afghan practice of bacha posh, and I hadn't even heard the term until this book. I had no idea what I was getting into. I have to say that what I loved the most about the book was that it was...
A special thank you to Edelweiss and HarperCollins Canada for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.This unforgettable story from the author of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell is an emotional journey of sisterhood, friendship, love, and hope that highlights the plight of women that are bound by a t...
I had never heard of the Afghan concept of 'bacha posh', where a family with only daughters could decide to dress one of the girls as a boy and have her/him permitted to behave as a boy; attending school with other boys and being excused the household chores like a boy would be, able to go out and d...
THE PEARL THAT BROKE ITS SHELL, BY NADIA HASHIMIThe friend who recommended this one to me said it was heavy, but a good read. It is, indeed, very heavy, and quite frustrating. I've been reading lots of very heavy books lately. Apparently, women write a lot of those.Synopsis: Rahima, a young Afghani ...
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, written by Nadia Hashimi, read by Gin Hammond, is the story of Afghanistan, its history and its people. This is a story about a country that has not advanced very much over the years, a country that has remained in the past, marched in place, continued to be ruled by ...
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