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Letters to my daughters : a memoir

Letters to my daughters : a memoir

Koofi, Fawzia, 1975- author.
Book 2012

"In the vein of Infidel comes this spellbinding memoir of survival and courage from Afghanistan's most popular female politician. On the day Fawzia Koofi was born, her mother set her under the blazing Afghan sun to die. She was the nineteenth child of twenty-three in a family with seven wives, and her mother did not want another daughter. Despite severe burns that lasted into her teenage years, Fawzia survived and became the favourite child. In...

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ISBN:
9781926812823
Edition:
First paperback edition
Description:
x, 275 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Notes:
"First published in France by Michel Lafon Publishing"--Title page verso
This translation originally published in hardcover: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, 2011
Contents:
Just a Girl
Stories of old
A terrible loss
A new start
A village girl again
When justice dies
The war within
Losing her
One ordinary Thursday
Retreat to the north
Everthing turns white
A Taliban wedding
An end before a beginning
The darkness pervades
Back to my roots
A daughter for a daughter
The darkness lifts
A new purpose
A movement for change
Epilogue: A dream for a war-torn nation
A historical timeline of Afghanistan
Control Number:
3097453
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translation of: Koofi, Fawzia, 1975- Lettres à mes filles. English
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