The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

'[A] powerful tale of sisterhood tells the extraordinary true story of a young woman living in Kabul under Taliban rule. Against the odds, she sets up a business that provided jobs and hope for a community of women' Informationen zum Autor Gayle Tzemach Lemmon worked as a journalist for nearly ten years, and as a producer with ABC News Political Unit. She has an MBA from Harvard where she began writing about women entrepreneurs in war zones, including in Afghanistan. Klappentext The remarkable story of an unlikley entrepreneur who, against all odds, saved her family and inspired her community in AfghanistanThe remarkable story of an unlikley entrepreneur who, against all odds, saved her family and inspired her community in Afghanistan Zusammenfassung The remarkable story of an unlikley entrepreneur who, against all odds, saved her family and inspired her community in Afghanistan

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'The Dressmaker of Khair Khana gives voice to many of our world's unsung heroines. Against all odds, these young women created hope and community, and they never gave up. This book is guaranteed to move you - and to show you a side of Afghanistan few ever see.' Angelina Jolie

Product details

• Authors: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Lemmon Gayle Tzemach, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.12.2011
• EAN: 9781848545564
• ISBN: 978-1-84854-556-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Series: JOHN MURRAY
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Afghanistan, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999