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Author Lemmon, Gayle Tzemach.

Title The dressmaker of Khair Khana [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] five sisters, one remarkable family, and the woman who risked everything to keep them safe / Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper, [2011]
©2011
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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 256 pages) : portrait
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256).
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.
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.
Subject Sediqi, Kamela, 1977-
Sediqi, Kamela, 1977- -- Family.
Khair Khana (Kabul, Afghanistan) -- Biography.
Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Biography.
Dressmakers -- Afghanistan -- Kabul -- Biography.
Sisters -- Afghanistan -- Kabul -- Biography.
Businesswomen -- Afghanistan -- Kabul -- Biography.
Community life -- Afghanistan -- Kabul -- History -- 21st century.
Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Genre Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Tzemach Lemmon, Gayle. Dressmaker of Khair Khana. 1st ed. New York, NY : Harper, c2011 9780061732379 (DLC) 2010020774 (OCoLC)627701014
ISBN 9780062074959 (electronic bk.)
0062074954 (electronic bk.)
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