The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

327 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir emotional slow-paced
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Kamila Sidiqi's life changed overnight when the Taliban seized control of Kabul. Kamila had a teaching degree -- a rare achievement for an Afghan woman -- but was banned from school and confined to her home. When her father and brother were forced...

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