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Product Description: A 2015 Amelia Bloomer List Selection"You will be a son, my daughter." With these stunning words Ukmina learned that she was to spend her childhood as a boy.In Afghanistan there is a widespread practice of girls dressing as boys to play the role of a son...read more
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9781629146812 | Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, October 14, 2014, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A 2015 Amelia Bloomer List Selection"You will be a son, my daughter.
The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother. But she survived, and perseverance in the face of extreme hardship has defined her life ever since. Despite the abuse of her family, the exploitative Russian and Taliban regimes, the murders of her father and brother, and numerous attempts on her life, she rose to become the first Afghani woman Parliament speaker. Here, she shares her amazing story, punctuated by a series of poignant letters she wrote to her two daughters before each political trip-letters describing the future and freedoms she dreamed of for them and for all the women of Afghanistan. Her story movingly captures the political and cultural moment in Afghanistan, a country caught between the hope of progress and the bitter truth of history.
Paperback:
9780230342026 | Reprint edition (Griffin, April 16, 2013), cover price $17.00
CD/Spoken Word:
9781452662886 | Mp3 una edition (Tantor Media Inc, April 8, 2013), cover price $29.99 | About this edition: The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother.
Product Description: The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother. But she survived, and perseverance in the face of extreme hardship has defined her life ever since...read more
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9781452612881 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, April 8, 2013), cover price $39.99 | About this edition: The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother.
Product Description: The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother. But she survived, and perseverance in the face of extreme hardship has defined her life ever since...read more
CD/Spoken Word:
9781452642888 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, April 8, 2013), cover price $83.99 | About this edition: The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother.
Product Description: The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother. But she survived, and perseverance in the face of extreme hardship has defined her life ever since...read more
Hardcover:
9780230120679 | St Martins Pr, January 3, 2012, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother.
Paperback:
9781860499616 | New edition (Piatkus Books, November 14, 2002), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A poignant first-hand account of life for a young Afghani woman under the Taliban.
9780786890521 | Miramax, August 1, 2002, cover price $6.99
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