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Returning to the setting of contemporary Afghanistan, Hashimi (The Pearl That Broke Its Shell) follows the childhood and maturity of Fereiba after her mother died in childbirth and her father remarries a woman who favors her own daughters. Perceived by neighbors as bad luck, Fereiba struggles to find a suitor. An unknown, Mahmood Waziri, enters the picture, and over time, the Waziri family comes to include son Saleem and daughter Samira. Fereiba relays the devastati...Log In or Sign Up to Read More