Nadia Hashimi: 10 books

Book cover of One Half from the East
by Nadia Hashimi
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016

Perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia, Thanhha Lai, and Rebecca Stead, internationally bestselling author Nadia Hashimi’s first novel for young readers is a coming-of-age journey set in modern-day Afghanistan that explores life as a bacha posh**—a preteen girl dressed as a boy.** Obayda’s...
Book cover of The Pearl that Broke Its Shell
by Nadia Hashimi
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014

Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to control one's own fate that combines the cultural flavor and emotional resonance of the works of Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lisa See. In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted...
Book cover of Pourvu que la nuit s'achève
by Nadia Hashimi
Language: French
Release Date: July 4, 2018

Par l’auteure du Prix des Lectrices 2016... « J’avais imaginé un million de morts pour mon mari : il aurait pu mourir frappé par la foudre. Ça aurait été tellement plus simple pour tout le monde : un éclair tombé du ciel. Une fin douloureuse mais brève. Hélas, les orages ne sont...
Book cover of Ma vie de Bacha Posh
by Nadia Hashimi
Language: French
Release Date: September 20, 2017

La famille d'Obayda a subi des déboires et dû s'installer dans la campagne afghane. Mais une tante a une idée pour leur attirer la chance : faire d'Obayda, la plus jeune des quatre filles, une bacha posh, c'est-à-dire l'habiller en garçon. D’abord désemparée de renoncer à ses cheveux longs...
Book cover of The Sky at Our Feet
by Nadia Hashimi
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018

This #ownvoices novel by bestselling author Nadia Hashimi tells the affecting story of an Afghan-American boy who believes his mother has been deported. For fans of Inside Out and Back Again and Counting by 7s. Jason has just learned that his Afghan mother has been living illegally in the United...
Book cover of The New Voices in Fiction Sampler
by Joshilyn Jackson, Hazel Gaynor, Mary McNear
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014

New York Times bestselling novelist Joshilyn Jackson presents The New Voices in Fiction Sampler: Summer Selection. This free e-book sampler is a curated volume of excerpts from new and upcoming titles by debut fiction authors you'll want to get familiar with early on. The New Voices in Fiction...
Book cover of La Perle et la coquille
by Nadia Hashimi
Language: French
Release Date: June 17, 2016

« Ce magnifique conte familial reflète à merveille les combats des femmes afghanes d’hier et d’aujourd’hui. » Khaled Hosseini Kaboul, 2007 : les Talibans font la loi dans les rues. Avec un père toxicomane et sans frère, Rahima et ses sœurs ne peuvent quitter la maison. Leur seul...
Book cover of Si la lune éclaire nos pas
by Nadia Hashimi
Language: French
Release Date: July 7, 2017

« Un roman d’une actualité brûlante qui rappelle le sort des millions de déplacés à travers le monde. » Washington Post Kaboul est entre les mains des talibans. Depuis que son mari, considéré comme un ennemi du régime, a été assassiné, Fereiba est livrée à elle-même. Si elle...
Book cover of When the Moon Is Low
by Nadia Hashimi
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015

Mahmoud's passion for his wife Fereiba, a schoolteacher, is greater than any love she's ever known. But their happy, middle-class world—a life of education, work, and comfort—implodes when their country is engulfed in war, and the Taliban rises to power. Mahmoud, a civil engineer, becomes...
Book cover of A House Without Windows
by Nadia Hashimi
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016

A vivid, unforgettable story of an unlikely sisterhood—an emotionally powerful and haunting tale of friendship that illuminates the plight of women in a traditional culture—from the author of the bestselling The Pearl That Broke Its Shell and When the Moon Is Low. For two decades, Zeba...
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