Beneath My Mother's Feet Tapa blanda - 2011

"Our lives will always be in the hands of our mothers, whether we like it or not."

Nazia doesn't mind when her friends tease and call her a good beti, a dutiful daughter. Growing up in a working-class family in Karachi, Pakistan, Nazia knows that obedience is the least she can give to her mother, who has spent years saving and preparing for her dowry. But every daughter must grow up, and for fourteen-year-old Nazia that day arrives suddenly when her father gets into an accident at work, and her family finds themselves without money for rent or food.

Being the beti that she is, Nazia drops out of school to help her mother clean houses, all the while wondering when she managed to lose control of her life that had been full of friends and school. Working as a maid is a shameful obligation that could be detrimental to her future -- after all, no one wants a housekeeper for a daughter-in-law. As Nazia finds herself growing up much too quickly, the lessons of hardship that seem unbearable turn out to be a lot more liberating than she ever imagined.

Detalles

• Título Beneath My Mother's Feet
• Autor Amjed Qamar
• Encuadernación Tapa blanda
• Edición Reprint
• Páginas 208
• Volúmenes 1
• Idioma ENG
• Editorial Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Fecha de publicación 2011-04-19
• ISBN 9781442414518 / 1442414510
• Peso 0.4 libras (0.18 kg)
• Dimensiones 8.26 x 5.53 x 0.56 pulgadas (20.98 x 14.05 x 1.42 cm)
• Época de 12 a 17 años
• Cursos 7 - 12
• Nivel de lectura 770
• Library of Congress subjects Poverty, Sex role
• Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2007019001
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC