A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight by Toorpakai, Maria

A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781455591411)

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A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight by Toorpakai, Maria

A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight

$27.00
A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight by Toorpakai, Maria

A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight

$27.00
Format: Hardcover
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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.

"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

A Different Kind of Daughter tells 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.

Author: Maria Toorpakai, Katharine Holstein
ISBN-10: 1455591416
ISBN-13: 9781455591411
Publisher: Twelve
Language: English
Published: 05/03/2016
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2015 pg. 75
Library Journal 02/15/2016 pg. 109
Publishers Weekly 02/29/2016
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2016
Booklist 03/15/2016 pg. 13
Library Journal 12/01/2015
By Maria Toorpakai
By Maria Toorpakai
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Maria Toorpakai is a professional squash player, currently ranked as Pakistan's top female player and 48th in the world. As a child growing up in a highly conservative tribal area of Pakistan where girls' involvement in sport was forbidden by the local Islamic culture, Toorpakai trained and competed as a boy in Peshawar. Toorpakai currently resides and trains in Toronto, Canada, under former professional squash player Jonathon Power. Toorpakai is the sister of Ayesha Gulalai, who is a Member of the National Assembly representing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on a reserved seat for women.

Katharine Holstein has lived throughout Europe and North America. Working with actors, personalities and producers, she creates original material for both print and screen. Her writing has sold around the world.

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