02613nam 2200481 450 991015029120332120230808200524.01-78264-229-3(CKB)3710000000942921(MiAaPQ)EBC5614917(EXLCZ)99371000000094292120190111d2016 uy 1engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAlabaster what is most precious is also most fragile /Chris AslanOxford, England :Lion Fiction,[2016]©20161 online resource (129 pages)1-78264-228-5 "I still hear the voice of my mother telling me what all women in our village tell their daughters: 'Mariam, a woman's honour is as fragile and as beautiful as a butterfly's wings. What is a butterfly without wings, except a worm?' It's probably a good thing that my mother didn't live to see me now." A beautifully crafted novel about two sisters who face the stigma of shame, the sorrow of loss, and the startling hope one can find when someone shows you a different way of seeing the world."Maryam is stuck in an abusive marriage, living with her in-laws, in a conservative, toxically religious Middle Eastern setting. A few years back, her father was given a jar of priceless perfume by a dying leper and it seemed as if their fortunes would improve, but then Maryam's father contracted leprosy and was exiled by the village. Maryam and her brother, Eleazar, and sister, Marta, experience the shame and ostracism this brings. The precious jar that was meant to bring them freedom, but it only seems to have brought destruction. But rumours abound concerning a new doctor; perhaps hope is on the horizon. A beautifully crafted novel about two sisters who face the stigma of shame, the sorrow of loss, and the startling hope one can find when someone shows you a different way of seeing the world"--Amazon.com.SistersMiddle EastFictionAbused wivesFictionLeprosyMiddle EastFictionMiddle EastFictionHistorical fiction.fastFiction.fastHistorical fiction.lcgftSistersAbused wivesLeprosy813.54Aslan Chris1360831MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910150291203321Alabaster3415108UNINA