One Half from the East

Posted on 18 June 2018 by Nadia Hashimi

Internationally bestselling author Nadia Hashimi s first novel for young readers is an emotional, beautiful, and riveting coming of age journey to modern day Afghanistan that explores life as a bacha posh a preteen girl dressed as a boy.Obayda s family is in need of some good fortune.Her father lost one of his legs in a bomb explosion, forcing the family to move from their home city of Kabul to a small village, where life is very different and Obayda s father almost never leaves his room.One day, Obayda s aunt has an idea to bring the family luck dress Obayda, the youngest of her sisters, as a boy, a bacha posh.Now Obayda is Obayd.Life in this in between place is confusing, but once Obayda meets another bacha posh, everything changes The two of them can explore the village on their own, climbing trees, playing sports, and.But their transformation won t last forever unless the two best friends can figure out a way to make it stick and make their newfound freedoms endure. Best Download [ One Half from the East ] author [ Nadia Hashimi ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The Pearl That Broke Its Shell was one of the most beautiful books I have ever read, and will forever remain one my favorites It was with great anticipation that I looked forward to a new book from this author I was delighted when One Half from the East was published.The cover of the book immediately gripped me So absolutely strikingSometimes hiding can set you freeit says on the cover How true of Obayda s story When family misfortune forced the family to move back to a small village The Pearl That Broke Its Shell was one of the most beautiful books I have ever read, and will forever remain one my favorites It was with great anticipation that I looked forward to a new book from this author I was delighted when One Half from the East was published.The cover of the book immediately gripped me So absolutely strikingSometimes hiding can set you freeit says on the cover How true of...Friendship is born at the moment when one man says to another What You too I thought that no one but myself C.S LewisNadia Hashimi, an internationally bestselling author, pens a terrific and extremely heart rending yet enlightening tale of love, friendships, child marriage, bacha posh in her new middle grade contemporary fiction book, One Half from the East where the author weaves a tale centered...That was just lovely After finishing Hashimi s previous three novels, I was committed to reading whatever she wrote next So it didn t matter to me that this book is YA young adult and I never read YA The Pearl That Broke Its Shell was the first book I ve read that was set in Afghanistan, and it opened my eyes to a world I was clueless about Before reading it, I d never heard of a bacha posh Sometimes families without so...The bacha posh tradition exists because sons are valued in a way daughters are not It exists because there is a perception that boys are capable of things girls are not Are these thoughts unique toAfghanistan Sadly, not at all.There are many ways to devalue girls It can be as flagrant as barring girls from school or forcing them to become brides when they should be learning to read It can also be as insidious as jeeringthat someone throws like a girl or not blinking when a girl s voice The bacha posh tradition exists because sons are valued in a way daughters are not It exists because there is a perception that boys are capable of things girls are not Are these thoughts unique toAfghanistan Sadly, not at all.There are many ways to devalue girls It can be as flagrant as barring girls from school or forcing them to become brides when they should be learning to read It can also be as insidious as jeeringthat someone throws like a girl or not blinking when a girl s voice is interrupted...3.5 stars You are the best of both worlds one half from the east and one half from the west Nadia Hashimi is one of my favorite authors and her first YA foray published in 2016 has been lingering on my TBR for a long while Hopefully, I will remind a few others that it has lingered on their TBR too Set in modern day Afghanistan and centering on the tradition ofbacha posh, youngest daughter Obadya, begins to live her life as a boy and become Obayd Make Obayda your son, and let him fix 3.5 stars You are the best of both worlds one half from the east and one half from the west Nadia Hashimi is one of my favorite authors and her first YA foray published in 2016 has been lingering on my TBR for a long while Hopefully, I will remind a few others that it has lingered on their TBR too Set in modern day Afghanistan and centering on the tradition ofbacha posh, youngest daughter Obadya, begins to live her life as a boy and become Obayd Make Obayda your son, and let him fix everything that s wrong with your family Once a successful police officer, Obayd s father sustained a severe injury that has resulted in him learning to live life as a one legged man Obayd just wants his mother and sisters to have a good life again and sets out on a...After reading The Pearl That Broke Its Shell I was excited to read another book by this writer This book deals again with the bacha posh tradition in Afghanistan girl dressed as a boy , but it is muchon the personal experiences of turning into a boy and the meaning of the change It is very important to ...Writing this review is difficult, because even though I did appreciate the basic parts aspects of this book, I had an issue with almost everything else and now that I sit down to express all my thoughts on this book nearly a week after finishing it I realize that I don t even have that much to say All in all, One Half From the East dared and tried to give out a bold message, but which came out rather ineffectucal and underwhelming.The story follows Obayda and her family, who, after a Writing this review is difficult, because even though I did appreciate the basic parts aspects of this book, I had an issue with almost everything else and now that I sit down to express all my thoughts on this book nearly a week after f...A special thank you to Edelweiss and HarperCollins Canada for an ARC in an exchange for an honest review.Nadia Hashimi s first YA novel is a coming of age story with a twist Set in modern day Afghanistan, we meet Obayda, the youngest girl of four sisters, who becomes a bacha posh a preteen girl dressed as a boy to bring her family luck Obayda, now Obayd, must live as though she were a boy however, is struggling as he straddles both worlds until he meets another bacha posh, Rahim Together A special thank you to Edelweiss and HarperCollins Canada for an ARC in an exchange for an honest review.Nadia Hashimi s first YA novel is a coming of age story with a twist Set in modern day Afghanistan, we meet Obayda, the youngest girl of four sisters, who becomes a bacha posh a preteen girl dressed as a boy to bring her family luck Obayda, now Obayd, must live as though she were a boy however, is struggling as he straddles both worlds until he meets another bacha posh, Rahim Together they try to find a way to make their transformations stick so that they can enjoy their newfound freedoms.Hashimi explores the bacha posh in The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, and crosses over the character of Rahima Rahim She was interested in this part of Afghanistan s past after reading an article about how a king would use women, dr...This was a pretty good book and the author made the main character very intricate and intriguing Good bookI would ABSOLUTELY give this book an 11 5 stars rating if I could Nadia Hashimi is such a gifted writer, and I immediately got hooked onto this novel Everything about it is fantastic and compelling Highly recommend this book to anybody.

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18 June 2018

Nadia Hashimi