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| Title | : | Sold |
| Author | : | Zana Muhsen |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 1994 by Little, Brown Book Group (first published 1991) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Biography. Autobiography. Memoir |
Zana Muhsen
Paperback | Pages: 240 pages Rating: 4.14 | 5360 Users | 317 Reviews
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Zana Muhsen, born and bred in Birmingham, is of Yemeni origin. When her father told her she was to spend a holiday with relatives in North Yemen, she jumped at the chance. Aged 15 and 13 respectively, Zana and her sister discovered that they had been literally sold into marriage, and that on their arrival they were virtually prisoners. They had to adapt to a completely alien way of life, with no running water, dung-plastered walls, frequent beatings, and the ordeal of childbirth on bare floors with only old women in attendance. After eight years of misery and humiliation Zana succeeded in escaping, but her sister is still there, and it seems likely that she will now never leave the country where she has spent more than half her life. This is an updated edition of Zana's account of her experiences.
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| Original Title: | Sold |
| ISBN: | 0751509515 (ISBN13: 9780751509519) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.14 From 5360 Users | 317 ReviewsEvaluate Out Of Books Sold
I was glued to this book about amazing women. Powerful and very humbling but I really need to know what happens next.
I first read this book when I was about 12 years old and I was astonished. This was the first book that familiarised me with how women live in Yemen and with the issue of sold brides. Until the moment I read it, I had believed that this customs and behaviors had been eliminated long ago. I was honestly terrified with the things I learned. This book is an autobiography by a British woman who actually experienced being sold into marriage, adapting to a completely alien way of life, with no running
Memoir of two young English-Yemeni sisters who are 'sold' into marriage. Literally, by their father!! Raised in England, they have reached teenage-hood with all its challenges and rebellious behaviors. Their Dad, convinces the girls to "go on vacation to visit family in Yemen", where, upon their arrival at the relatives village, he sells them into marriage and returns to the UK.. They are cast into the tiny rural mountainous village where they are ruled by their husbands and male relatives and
men of Yementreat your women betteryou owe it to Godto do so!
Holy shit.Seriously, I have little to no words to describe this book. It's not the most well-written piece in the world, but I'll cut her some slack for being ripped from her native country of England at the young age of 16 and forced to speak another language for 8 years while she was beaten, raped, enslaved, and lied to, and as an added bonus, she got to watch her younger sister go through the same shit in the next town over. See that run-on sentence? We can't all write beautifully when we're
Zana and Nadia's sold them and two older siblings to people in his homeland - Yemen. Their mother would have never allowed it to happen had she known. Instead she thought the kids were going on vacation in Yemen. It is appalling that countries allow their citizens to be treated this way. It is surprising after losing her first two kids that their mother would have allowed Zana and Nadia to go. What is really shameful is how Yemen allows this to happen and turns their back on the children this is
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