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A Different Kind of Daughter

The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight

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A Different Kind of Daughter

By: A Different Kind of Daughter Maria Toorpakai
Narrated by: Neela Vaswani
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'It's hard enough to become the best in the world at anything. It's even harder when people want to kill you just for trying.' (Mary Carillo, NBC Sports)

Maria Toorpakai Wazir has lived her life disguised as a boy, defying the Taliban, in order to pursue her love of sport. Coming second in a national junior weightlifting event for boys, Maria decided to put her future in her own hands by going in disguise. When she discovered squash and was easily beating all the boys, life became more dangerous.

Heart-stopping and profoundly moving, in A Different Kind of Daughter Maria shares the story of her long road and eventual triumph, pursuing the sport she loved, defying death threats and following her dream.

©2016 Maria Toorpakai (P)2016 Hachette Politicians Politics & Activism Sports Women

Critic Reviews

"Armed with a squash racket and enormous will, Maria Toorpakai has risen from the turmoil of tribal life in Pakistan to become not only a world-class athlete, but a true inspiration, a pioneer for millions of other women struggling to pave their own paths to autonomy, fulfilment and genuine personhood" (Khaled Hosseini, Number One New York Times best-selling author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns and And the Mountains Echoed)
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I loved this book. Maria is a Truly inspiring human being. Wonderful story of incredible family love and respect for one another. Thank you for sharing your story.

Incredible story

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A brave, raw, beautiful tale that needs to be spread
Thank you Maria, you are amazing. I think your tale has the power to change lives and I hope many will read it and learn from your story.
We need more Maria's in this world!

Inspirational motivational tale of a warrior

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