The dressmaker of Khair Khana : five sisters, one remarkable family, and the woman who risked everything to keep them safe / Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
Lemmon, Gayle Tzemach.
2011
DS375.K2 T94 2011 (Mapit)
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Title The dressmaker of Khair Khana : five sisters, one remarkable family, and the woman who risked everything to keep them safe / Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
Author Lemmon, Gayle Tzemach.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780061732379
0061732370
9780061732478 (pbk.)
0061732478 (pbk.)
Imprint New York, NY : Harper, c2011.
Language English
Description xxvi, 256 p. : port. ; 22 cm.
Call Number DS375.K2 T94 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 958.1 B
Summary The incredible true account of Kamila Sidiqi who, when her father and brother were forced to flee Kabul, became the sole breadwinner for her five siblings. Armed only with grit and determination, she picked up a needle and thread and created a thriving business of her own and held her family together.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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The news arrives and everything changes
A time of goodbyes
Stitching the future back together
The plan goes to market
An idea is born...but will it work?
Class is in session
An unexpected wedding party
A new opportunity knocks
Danger in the night sky
Kabul Jan, Kaweyan, and Kamila's faith in good fortune.

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