For the Love of a Son: One Afghan Woman´s Quest for Her Stolen Child
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (978 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1522601171 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 237 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Jean Sasson is an American writer whose work mainly centers around women in the Middle East and the injustices that they suffer at the hands of a patriarchal society.No Bio
"Gripping, Informative, and Sad True Life Tale of a Mother's All-reaching Love" according to Susie Norris. This is the story of a young girl growing up in pre-Soviet, pre-Taliban Afghanistan. Young Maryam is able to escape from this land of brutal reigning tribes to the United States where she marries, at her father's insistence, a brutal Afghan who beats h. "Four Stars" according to Kay B. Addicting!. Excellent, deep, engrossing book! I have read many of Jean Sasson's books--and have been a big fan for years. This book was excellent--as all her books are. The story is true. I know Maryam is a real person and I know that Ms. Sasson's passion is showing the strength and perseverance o
Jean Sasson is an American writer whose work mainly centers around women in the Middle East and the injustices that they suffer at the hands of a patriarchal society.No Bio
Set against a landscape littered with tragic tales of horrific suffering, Jean Sasson, author of Princess, chronicles the story of one resolute but tormented woman determined to achieve freedom and equality with men.. After she made a public show of defiance, she had to flee the country for her life. For many long years she searched for her lost son, while civil war and Taliban oppression raged back home in Afghanistan. Beaten, raped, and abused, Maryam found joy in the birth of a baby son. As a feisty teenager in Kabul, she was outraged when the Russians invaded her country. From the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman. She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts, and wished she had been born a boy. A new life of freedom seemed within her grasp, but her father arranged a traditional marriage to a fellow Afghan, who turned out to be a violent man. But then her brutal husband stole him away far beyond his mother's reach