| Edition |
Primera edición. |
| Description |
376 pages : map ; 24 cm |
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Pakistanis lcdgt |
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Squash players lcdgt |
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Women lcdgt |
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Ontarians lcdgt |
| Note |
Translation of: A different kind of daughter : the girl who hid from the Taliban in plain sight. |
| Summary |
Imaginemos la vida de una niña que crece en un mundo marcado por la pobreza, la violencia, la injusticia y sin la mínima posibilidad de salvación. Donde el fanatismo religioso le impide estudiar y divertirse; donde los hombres la humillan y los niños la golpean sin piedad; donde ella, desde los cinco años, decide vestirse de niño para no ser marginada, para no vivir el terror de sentirse esclava. "Una hija diferente" cuenta la infancia y adolescencia de Maria Toorpakai, una niña pakistaní que tenía sólo un par de tenis rotos y la ropa vieja de su hermano mayor, y todos los días salía de casa a ser testigo de atentados terroristas, de la amargura de los refugiados afganos, del mundo atroz de las armas y las drogas, conviviendo con vecinos hundidos en la desesperación y la guerra. Una mujer inolvidable cuyos padres, catedráticos, e idialistas como ella, apenas tenían para comer. Este libro es una confesión, una lección de vida sincera, llena de dolor y esperanza, es la historia de una mujer que representa el dolor y la tenacidad de millones de mujeres, de una joven soñadora y llena de ternura que enfrenta la violencia de género, la intimidación y los golpes de pandilleros, drogadictos y fanáticos, incluso las amenazas de muerte por parte de los talibanes. El propósitos de Maria Toorpakai es alcanzar la libertad, querer una vida más justa para mujeres como ella: pobres, lastimadas, su valentía es un gran ejemplo de lucha y superación, sencillamente extraordinario. |
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"'Maria Toorpakai is a true inspiration, a pioneer for millions of other women struggling to pave their own paths to autonomy, fulfillment, and genuine personhood'--Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed. Maria Toorpakai hails from Pakistan's violently oppressive northwest tribal region, where the idea of women playing sports is considered haram--un-Islamic, forbidden--and girls rarely leave their homes. But she did, passing as a boy in order to play the sports she loved, thus becoming a lightning rod of freedom in her country's fierce battle over women's rights. A DIFFERENT KIND OF DAUGHTER tell of Maria's harrowing journey to play the sport she knew was her destiny, first living as a boy and roaming the violent back alleys of the frontier city of Peshawar, rising to become the number one female squash player in Pakistan. For Maria, squash was more than liberation--it was salvation. But it was also a death sentence, thrusting her into the national spotlight and the crosshairs of the Taliban, who wanted Maria and her family dead. Maria knew her only chance of survival was to flee the country. Enter Jonathon Power, the first North American to earn the title of top squash player in the world, and the only person to heed Maria's plea for help. Recognizing her determination and talent, Jonathon invited Maria to train and compete internationally in Canada. After years of living on the run from the Taliban, Maria packed up and left the only place she had ever known to move halfway across the globe and pursue her dream. Now Maria is well on the way to becoming a world champion as she continues to be a voice for oppressed women everywhere"-- Provided by publisher of the original English language edition. |
| Subject |
Toorpakai, Maria, 1990-
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Women squash players -- Pakistan -- Biography.
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Squash players -- Pakistan -- Biography.
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Passing (Identity) -- Pakistan.
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Escapes -- Pakistan.
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Taliban.
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Women's rights -- Pakistan.
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Women -- Pakistan -- Social conditions.
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Women athletes -- Pakistan -- Social conditions.
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Pakistan -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Holstein, Katharine, author.
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| Added Title |
Different kind of daughter. Spanish
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| ISBN |
9786073144407 |
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6073144407 |
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