The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Price: $18.99

On Sale: 3/20/2012

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The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Price: $18.99

On Sale: 3/20/2012

About the Book

“A courageous Afghan woman and her sisters success as unlikely entrepreneurs in this inspiring true story.” — O, The Oprah Magazine

The New York Times bestseller, written by a former reporter for ABC News, that People magazine called “a transporting, enlightening book” tells the story of a fearless young entrepreneur who brought hope to the lives of dozens of women in war-torn Afghanistan.

Former ABC journalist Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells the riveting true story of Kamila Sidiqi and other women of Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban’s fearful rise to power. In what Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea, calls “one of the most inspiring books I have ever read,” Lemmon recounts with novelistic vividness the true story of a fearless young woman who not only reinvented herself as an entrepreneur to save her family but, in the face of ferocious opposition, brought hope to the lives of dozens of women in war-torn Kabul.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780061732478
Imprint: Harper Perennial
On Sale: Mar 20, 2012
List price: $18.99
No of pages: 304
Trim Size: 5.300 in (w) x 8.000 in (h) x 1.000 in (d)
BISAC 1: POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern
BISAC 2: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
BISAC 3: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies
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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Biography

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a contributor to Atlantic Media’s Defense One, writing on national security and foreign policy issues. She is the bestselling author of The Dressmaker of Khair Khana and has written for Newsweek, the Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, CNN.com, and the Daily Beast, as well as for the World Bank and Harvard Business School.

About the Book

“A courageous Afghan woman and her sisters success as unlikely entrepreneurs in this inspiring true story.” — O, The Oprah Magazine

The New York Times bestseller, written by a former reporter for ABC News, that People magazine called “a transporting, enlightening book” tells the story of a fearless young entrepreneur who brought hope to the lives of dozens of women in war-torn Afghanistan.

Former ABC journalist Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells the riveting true story of Kamila Sidiqi and other women of Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban’s fearful rise to power. In what Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea, calls “one of the most inspiring books I have ever read,” Lemmon recounts with novelistic vividness the true story of a fearless young woman who not only reinvented herself as an entrepreneur to save her family but, in the face of ferocious opposition, brought hope to the lives of dozens of women in war-torn Kabul.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780061732478
Imprint: Harper Perennial
On Sale: Mar 20, 2012
List price: $18.99
No of pages: 304
Trim Size: 5.300 in (w) x 8.000 in (h) x 1.000 in (d)
BISAC 1: POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern
BISAC 2: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
BISAC 3: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies
BISAC 4:
BISAC 5:
BISAC 6:

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Biography

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a contributor to Atlantic Media’s Defense One, writing on national security and foreign policy issues. She is the bestselling author of The Dressmaker of Khair Khana and has written for Newsweek, the Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, CNN.com, and the Daily Beast, as well as for the World Bank and Harvard Business School.