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

Lemmon, Gayle Tzemach Book - 2011 958.1 Le 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.8 out of 5

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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.
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.

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Interesting woman, tale told dully submitted by willow on June 24, 2015, 11:01pm This book is about the life of a young Afghan woman under the Taliban, with a focus on the business she began to sew clothes to make the money her family needed to survive. Unfortunately the narrative by Lemmon is rather uninteresting. The characters are fairly one-dimensional and tend to run together.

I wish the story of life post-9/11 had been explored, especially how she developed her work since then. The story just stops abruptly.

Unfortunately the decision to tie this book in with Greg Mortenson has the potential to backfire after his scandal, but this seems a much more plausible story. Too bad the book wasn't more tightly written and edited.