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Genre/Form: | Biographies History Biography |
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Named Person: | Kamela Sediqi; Kamela Sediqi; Kamela Sediqi |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon |
ISBN: | 0061732370 9780061732379 1410439658 9781410439659 |
OCLC Number: | 769631994 |
Notes: | Sidiqi spelling in book. Includes book group discussion questions, author biography, and author interview. |
Description: | 12 books (xxvi, 256 pages ; 22 cm) + 2 large print books + book group discussion materials + 1 green tote bag |
Contents: | The news arrives and everything changes -- A time of good-byes -- 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 -- Epilogue : Kabul Jan Kaweyan and Kamila's faith in good fortune. |
Other Titles: | Dress maker of Khair Khana Dressmaker of Khair Khana Book Club In a Bag : The dressmaker of Khair Khana KDL Bookclub In a Bag : The dressmaker of Khair Khana |
Responsibility: | Gayle Tzemach Lemmon. |
Abstract:
The 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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