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About the Author
NADIA HASHIMI is a pediatrician and the author of three bestselling novels. Her parents left Afghanistan in the 1970s, before the Soviet invasion. She lives with her husband, an Afghan-born neurosurgeon, and their four children in the Washington, D.C., suburbs.
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Also by Nadia Hashimi
A House Without Windows
When the Moon Is Low
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
For Young Readers
One Half from the East
The Sky at Our Feet
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Digital Edition MARCH 2021 ISBN: 978-0-06-300830-4
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-300828-1 (hardcover)
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-305716-6 (international edition)
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