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The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

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•National Media, Print, and Radio Campaigns
•Author Appearances in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C.
•Online Publicity Campaign Targeting Major National Sites, Including the Daily Beast, Huffington Post, as well as Sites Focusing on Women’s Issues, Afghanistan, and Philanthropic Efforts
•Social Networking Campaigns on Facebook, Twitter, GoodReads, and Library Thing
•Strong Outreach Into the Not-For-Profit Communities
•Significant Book Club Outreach
•Online Reading Group Guide
•Video Campaign
•Features and Enhanced Author Page on HarperCollins.com
•HarperCollins Newsletter Features
•Author Website: www.GayleLemmon.com
 
 

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon worked as a journalist for nearly 10 years covering presidential politics and as a producer with the ABC News Political Unit and This Week with George Stephanopoulos. In 2004 she left ABC News to earn her MBA at Harvard, where she began writing about women entrepreneurs in war zones including Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Rwanda. Her reporting on entrepreneurs in these countries has been published by the New York Times, Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, CNN.com, and The Daily Beast, as well as The World Bank and Harvard Business School. Her work from Afghanistan has also been featured on World News with Diane Sawyer, National Public Radio, the Huffington Post ,and The Women on the Web. She is a frequent panelist and contributor to women’s conferences around the country, and is a member of the International Center for Research on Women's New Leaders Circle and Vital Voices; Los Angeles Council. She has served as a Fulbright Scholar in Spain and a Robert Bosch Fellow in Germany. She speaks German, Spanish, French, and basic Dari, and lives in Los Angeles, California, where she has spent the last several years working at the investment manager PIMCO while finishing The Dressmaker of Khair Khana.

 

Follow her work on the web at: www.gaylelemmon.com and http://www.thedailybeast.com/author/gayle-tzemach-lemmon/

 



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The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
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  • 9780062074959
  • 3/15/2011
  • $19.99
 

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"Remarkable."


—The New Yorker
“[A] transporting, enlightening book. . . . The Dressmaker of Khair Khana is a fascinating window on Afghan life under the Taliban and a celebration of women the world over who support their loved ones with tenacity, inventiveness and sheer guts.”


—People
“The Dressmaker of Khair Khana is pure inspiration . . . it reveals in acute detail the anxiety of ordinary people trying to fold their lives around the whims and laws of abusive regimes.”


—Los Angeles Times
"An Afghan family finds a way to survive in Kabul under Taliban rule in this awe-inspiring true story. Fans of Three Cups of Tea are sure to embrace this powerful and humbling book."


—Parade
"Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells a true, inspiring story of courageous women and quiet heroism at work in Taliban-era Afghanistan."


—Christian Science Monitor
"Gayle Tzemach Lemmon embroiders the life of The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, the remarkable story of an ingenious young Afghan woman who, under the Taliban's rule, created jobs for 100 women."


—Vanity Fair
"A riveting and important book."


—Fast Company
"A courageous Afghan woman and her sisters success as unlikely entrepreneurs in this inspiring true story."


—O, The Oprah Magazine
"Lemmon tells the riveting true story of Kamila Sidiqi and other women of Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban's rise to power."


—Business Insider
"Gayle Lemmon's riveting portrait of Kamila, told with grace, elegance and passion, captures the extraordinary tenacity and ingenuity of one woman who quietly triumphed under the Taliban for the sake of her family. A powerful read that serves as a reminder that Afghanistan can never thrive until it embraces the active involvement of women-with their resourcefulness, spirit and resilience-in its leadership and future."


—Tina Brown
"[Kamila Sidiqi] picked up a needle and thread, a whole lot of courage and became an entrepreneur with her own dressmaking business. She offered work to 100 other local women, forging bonds among oppressed women and creating a real community in very trying times."


—New York Post
"The Dressmaker of Khair Khana is a heart-wrenching, heartwarming story about the courageous women of war-ravaged Afghanistan."


—Washington Times
"A truly uplifting and very true story of how one woman set out to start a business and ended up preserving the dignity of so many women; opened up possibilities for hundreds more; and inspired thousands."


—Huffington Post
"The Dressmaker of Khair Khana shows us a side of Afghanistan that is so different from what we have seen so far. I recommend this book to anyone who has ever had an idea or a business plan. Kamila's story is engrossing, and her courage truly inspiring."


—TheStreet.com
"The Dressmaker of Khair Khana is one of those books you pick up to read and never forget: an emotional event and a reading experience about a dynamic woman of courage. Lemmon captivates readers with wonder as she relates how one woman refuses to be a victim."


—Blogcritics.org
"Nothing short of amazing . . . definitely a must-read!"


—MSN Glo
"Lemmon's storytelling is her strength-the way the book is organized is captivating. Make no mistake that The Dressmaker of Khair Khana has solid journalistic chops and remains based in fact. It is a feel-good, pleasurable read at the crossroads between journalism and novel."


—Muslim Media Watch Blog
"The Dressmaker of Khair Khana is a most remarkable tale."


—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette