Desert Children
$37.77
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
27 August 2006
Summary
From the bestselling author of Desert Flower and Desert Dawn comes a new book. Waris Dirie reveals the shocking truth of FGM happening to thousands of young girls throughout Europe.
Fashion model, UN ambassador, and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie was born into a family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia. In Desert Flower she told her story – enduring female circumcision at five years old; running away through the desert; being discovered by Terence Donovan a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844082513 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844082512 |
| Author: | Waris Dirie |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 27 August 2006 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 126mm x 16mm |
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Critics Review
“Succeeds not just as a polemic against [female genital mutilation] and its attendant horrors, but as a classic chronicle of immigrant hardship and triumph.”
A sobering and eye-opening account - SUNDAY TIMES
About The Author
Waris Dirie
Waris Dirie is an internationally renowned model. In 1997 she was appointed by the UN as special ambassador for women’s rights in Africa, in its efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation. She lives in Wales with her son and is an active campaigner for the Red Cross.
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