by Nujood Ali
This review is of the English translation of a French book. This book was a complete impulse buy. One day, I was browsing the nonfiction at a used bookstore and came across a book cover with a photo of a little girl. The title said the girl was 10 and divorced. I had to know what the heck was goin...
An important book for anyone who would like a first-hand account of the horror and cruelty of child marriage. My quibble - as always - is in the telling: written at a basic level pretending to be out of the mouth of 10-yr-old Nujood, the prose was stilted and the horror somewhat dulled (although, w...
Nujood is a simple village girl, who loves school and playing with children her own age. But her life is suddenly turned upside down when she is forced to marry a older man. This is Nujood's story.At 10 she was forced by her father to marry a man that was 30 and he promised not to touch her until sh...
Such a brave and resilient little girl! At the age of 10, Nujood was married off to a man of thirty. He promised her father that he wouldn't consummate the marriage until she'd reached puberty, but began daily raping her starting on the wedding night. He also beat her black and blue on a regular b...
This book was incredibly moving and disgusting at the same time...It shed a light on a very disgusting practice which does occur and that the world is fully aware of, yet, in my opinion, turns a blind eye on. Yet, it is beautifully voiced by I girl I believe was 13 at the time it was written.
A very fast read and absolutely fascinating and heart wrenching at the same time.
This will take care of Yemen for you Around the World challenge folks, if you haven't got something already (I read The Hostage: A Novel).This is a straightforward account by a young Yemeni girl of her arranged marriage to an abusive man much older than she. Where it matters is that the author succe...
In Yemen, a country described by one of the authors as remote and picturesque, we meet Nujood Ali. She lives in abject poverty, in backward conditions, without running water, electricity or creature comforts. Yet, she is happy with her simple life. When a matter of honor brings shame upon her family...
Powerful memoir.
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