Blasphemy
The true, heartbreaking story of the woman sentenced to death over a cup of water
$45.80
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
24 September 2012
Summary
Punjab, Pakistan, June 2009. The temperature is 45 degrees; and Asia has been out picking fruit for several hours. It’s exhausting, sweaty work, but Asia and her husband have five children to feed. At midday she goes to the nearest well, picks up a cup and takes a long drink of cool water. She refills the cup, drinks some more and then offers it to another woman.
Suddenly one of her fellow workers cries out that the water belongs to the Muslim women and that with her actions, Asi…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844088881 |
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| ISBN-10: | 184408888X |
| Author: | Asia Bibi |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 24 September 2012 |
| Weight: | 178g |
| Dimensions: | 137mm x 216mm x 12mm |
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This is a harrowing story of a woman’s strong religious convictions in the face of death and of the urgent call to save her life.
This is a harrowing story of a woman’s strong religious convictions in the face of death and of the urgent call to save her life. - Booklist
The unbelievable but true story of how a difference in religions could cost a woman her life… Her story is emotional and moving and a cry for help as she still sits and waits for her sentence to be carried out… A passionate plea for help from a desperate woman who stands behind her pledge of innocence. - Kirkus ReviewsAbout The Author
Asia Bibi
Asia Bibi is currently in prison in Pakistan awaiting appeal from the death sentence she was given in 2009. Her family have had to go into hiding.
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