The dressmaker of Khair Khana : five sisters, one remarkable family, and the woman who risked everything to keep them safe.
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The dressmaker of Khair Khana : five sisters, one remarkable family, and the woman who risked everything to keep them safe.
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- The dressmaker of Khair Khana : five sisters, one remarkable family, and the woman who risked everything to keep them safe.
- Title remainder
- five sisters, one remarkable family, and the woman who risked everything to keep them safe.
- Statement of responsibility
- Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
- Subject
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- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | War and oppression | War survivors
- Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
- trueKabul, Afghanistan
- Khair Khana (Kabul, Afghanistan) -- Biography
- trueMuslim women
- Sediqi, Kamela, 1977-
- Sediqi, Kamela, 1977- -- Family
- Sisters -- Afghanistan | Kabul -- Biography
- trueSociety and culture -- Gender | Women
- trueWomen and war
- trueWomen entrepreneurs
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueBiographies
- Businesswomen -- Afghanistan | Kabul -- Biography
- Community life -- Afghanistan | Kabul -- History -- 21st century
- trueDressmakers
- Dressmakers -- Afghanistan | Kabul -- Biography
- trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts | War in Afghanistan
- Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Award
- Amelia Bloomer List, 2012
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
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- 958.1
- B
- Illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 1090
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- DS375.K2
- LC item number
- T94 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Target audience
- adult
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