The dressmaker of Khair Khana : five sisters, one remarkable family, and the woman who risked everything to keep them safe / Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
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
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780061732379
0061732370
9780061732478 (pbk.)
0061732478 (pbk.)
0061732370
9780061732478 (pbk.)
0061732478 (pbk.)
Published
New York, NY : Harper, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
Description
xxvi, 256 pages : portrait ; 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.
Audience
1090L Lexile
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Table of Contents
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.
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.