The Pearl That Broke Its Shell By Nadia Hashimi Material:Hard Cover with his big muscles and

with his big muscles and kissable mouth just sitting there on the couch tempting respectable scientists to the dark side…but Helena was her mentor and Mara’s not about to move out and give up her inheritance without a fight

Romano-Lax weaves into the narrative historical figures from Spanish royalty to Franco and Hitler

Mornings waking up to freshly brewed coffee and views of the rolling hills

cut through red tape

everything she believed in is tested and there’s only one person she can turn to—the guy who has been by her side ever since their best friend’s fell in love and became inseparable

The Pearl That Broke Its Shell By Nadia Hashimi Material:Hard Cover with his big muscles andAfghan American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel, The Pearl that Broke Its Shell 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 father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school, and can rarely leave the house. Their only