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Kristin Ohlson |
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Biography & Autobiography · Business & Economics · Health & Fitness · Social Science |
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Entertainment Weekly: "[Deborah Rodriguez's] bighearted and entertaining memoir...has a gossipy, conversational style...[and] the results are delightful...but Rodriguez never shies away from the misery and oppression she encounters...." |
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Book Editions
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Format: Paperback, 301
Publisher: Random House Inc (December 26, 2007)
Measurements: 8"(h) x 5.25"(w) x 0.75"(d), 0.4 lbs.
ISBN: 9780812976731 |
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The founder of the Kabul Beauty School describes the lives of women in the patriarchal society of Afghanistan from the perspective of the school and its students, offering profiles of such women as a newlywed who must fake her own virginity, a child bride sold into marriage to pay her family's debts, and the wife of a Taliban member who pursues her training despite her husband's abuse. Reprint. 150,000 first printing. |
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