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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.
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