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Alabaster

What Is Most Precious Is Also Most Fragile

By: Chris Aslan

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Paperback | 18 November 2016 | Edition Number 1

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208 Pages

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1.98 x 1.3 x 1.7

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The alabaster jar of perfume has changed Maryam’s fortune, but what is most precious is also most fragile. "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.

About the Author

Chris Aslan has spent many years living in Central Asia. Chris wrote a part memoir, part travelogue called, A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven years on the Silk Road, about life in Uzbekistan and is currently lecturing on textiles, tour-guiding around Central Asia and studying in Oxford for Anglican ordination.

Industry Reviews

"Imaginative, authentic and evocative, Alabaster uses excellent storytelling to recast a familiar Biblical tale. For those who tend to treat the Bible as dogma and miss the grandeur of its stories, this is a poignant reminder that its characters were real people living real adventures in a very real world. A powerful narrative beautifully told." -- Gerald Kelly, The Bless Network

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