Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
The Underground Girls of Kabul is an amazing revelation through research and interviews of the reality of life for some women in Afghanistan who spend a major part of their early life disguised as boys. On page 70, author/journalist Jenny Nordberg reports,
Families can be rich, poor, educated, uneducated, Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazara, or Turkoman — it doesn’t matter, they tell me. The only thing that binds the girls together is the family’s need for a son. These women have met girls who live as boys because the family needed another income through a child who worked, because the road to school was dangerous and a boy’s disguise provided some safety, or because the family lacked sons and needed to present as a complete family to the village.
Does this grab your interest? Share your thoughts as well as a teaser from your current read.
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Good teaser! Sounds like an interesting book. Some of the reasons were logical to my way of thinking, but hadn’t thought of the last one about the family needing to present a certain front to the village.Thanks for coming by.
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Glad you liked the teaser. It really is a fascinating book. So far each chapter has been on a specific family in a specific situation where they are dressing a girl as a boy to avoid cultural recriminations (might be too strong a word but that’s the general idea). Good to have your comments.
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Good choice this week. Sounds interesting.
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Thanks. Glad you stopped by.
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Very interesting but I’m not sure I would have ever picked it up to read! Thanks for sharing!
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I’m curious but I don’t read much nonfiction. Thanks for visiting my blog today. Happy reading!
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I’ve seen this before, and it looks so fascinating! Thanks for reminding me of it with this teaser. 🙂
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There is so much incredible information in this book that you can’t just read it in one sitting. An amazing story that everyone kept denying existed. Thanks for stopping by.
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I am very interested in this one! I can’t imagine having to live like that. I feel for those girls and women.
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Yes. I feel it’s a story we all need to be aware of. Thanks for stopping by.
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Oh yes, I had the amazing privilege of reading this book and it was deeply thought-provoking. Granted, it was not an easy read, however, it definitely is a topic we should all be more aware of. This is a culture that is greatly influencing the nations.
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No. Not an easy book to get into but so much important information we need to be aware of. I’ve wanted to read it ever since seeing a review on another site but I has sat on my shelf seemingly daunting. But now that I’m into it, it’s very hard to put down. Thanks for leaving your comment.
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I am curious about this one…I wouldn’t have been drawn in by the cover or blurb…but maybe there is something there to explore. Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog.
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It is really revealing about the way of life for girls in that country. Amazing. Thanks for stopping by.
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I would definitely keep reading. Very interesting paragraphs! As a matter of fact, I’m adding it to my TBR. Thank you for sharing 🙂
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Thanks for coming by. I’m sure you’ll find the book fascinating.
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Oh, I have heard about this. I definitely want to know more.
Thanks for visiting mine at http://pdworkman.com/excerpt-from-sycamore-row-by-john-grisham/
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I first heard about it on someone else’s blog and bought it right away — it’s just been superseded so often by other books that were smaller and less daunting — and am glad to finally be into it. Hard to put down. Thanks for coming by.
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