What to read? 15 promising titles for early 2011
9. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
"The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe," by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (Harper, 288 pp.)
Christian Science Monitor contributor Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells a true, inspiring story of courageous women and quiet heroism at work in Taliban-era Afghanistan. (March)



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