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Erin and Leah Bailey in the snowy French Alps and a chance to put their complicated pasts behind them

The Pearl That Broke Its Shell By Nadia Hashimi Material:Hard Cover But as Melissa is makingAfghan American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel, The Pearl that Broke Its Shell is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to control one's 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