A Promise To Nadia: A true story of a British slave in the Yemen
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
A Promise To Nadia: A true story of a British slave in the Yemen
By (Author) Zana Muhsen
By (author) Andrew Crofts
Little, Brown Book Group
Sphere
1st December 2010
7th October 2010
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Human rights, civil rights
306.362092
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 200mm, Height 131mm, Spine 17mm
182g
Description
Ten years previously Zana Muhsen escaped from the life of slavery in the Yemen into which her father had sold her as a child bride, leaving behind her baby son, her sister Nadia, and Nadia's two small children. As she described so powerfully in her internationally bestselling book SOLD, Zana made a solemn vow to Nadia that she would do everything she possibly could to obtain their freedom as well.
A PROMISE TO NADIA tells the extraordinary story of those ten years; of the family's lone campaign against the Yemeni authorities; of the refusal of their own government in London to help; and of the despair that forced them into a desperate deal with an unofficial military-style organisation specialising in the recovery of abducted children.Reviews
"A powerful, skillfully written account of a woman's struggle against a patriarchal, disgusting and contemptible practice that, unbelievably still happens today." "Sunday Business Post""
Author Bio
Zana Muhsen's account of her escape from slavery in the Yemen (SOLD) was an international bestseller.
