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Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life - by day she is a famous model and UN spokeswoman on women's rights in Africa, at night she dreams of her native Somalia. Waris, one of 12 children, was born into a traditional family of desert nomads in East Africa. She remembers her early childhood as carefree- racing camels and moving on with her family to the next grazing spot - until it came her turn to meet the old woman who administered the ancient custom imposed on most Somalian girls: circumcision. Waris suffered this torture when she was just five years old. Then, aged 12, when her father attempted to arrange a marriage with a 60 year old stranger in exchange for five camels - she took flight. After an extraordinary escape through the dangerous desert she made her way to London and worked as a maid for the Somalian ambassador until that family returned home. Penniless and speaking little English, she became a janitor in McDonalds where she was famously discovered by a fashion photographer. Her story is a truly inspirational and extraordinary self-portrait of a remarkable woman whose spirit is as breathtaking as her beauty.
Zakup książki
Desert Flower, Waris Dirie
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 1999
- Oprawa
- (miękka),
- Stan książki
- Dobry
- Cena
- 39,13 zł
Metody płatności
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- Tytuł
- Desert Flower
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Waris Dirie
- Wydawca
- Virago Press
- Rok wydania
- 1999
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 369
- ISBN10
- 1860497497
- ISBN13
- 9781860497490
- Seria
- Kwiat pustyni
- Tagi
- Kobiety, Wielka Brytania, Feminizm, Afryka, Filmowa adaptacja, Londyn, Ucieczka, Oparte na faktach, Powieści autobiograficzne, Pustynie, Obrzezanie kobiet, Literatura somalijska
- Pierwsze wydanie
- 1998
- Oryginalna nazwa
- Desert Flower
- Ocena
- 4,15 z 5
- Opis
- Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life - by day she is a famous model and UN spokeswoman on women's rights in Africa, at night she dreams of her native Somalia. Waris, one of 12 children, was born into a traditional family of desert nomads in East Africa. She remembers her early childhood as carefree- racing camels and moving on with her family to the next grazing spot - until it came her turn to meet the old woman who administered the ancient custom imposed on most Somalian girls: circumcision. Waris suffered this torture when she was just five years old. Then, aged 12, when her father attempted to arrange a marriage with a 60 year old stranger in exchange for five camels - she took flight. After an extraordinary escape through the dangerous desert she made her way to London and worked as a maid for the Somalian ambassador until that family returned home. Penniless and speaking little English, she became a janitor in McDonalds where she was famously discovered by a fashion photographer. Her story is a truly inspirational and extraordinary self-portrait of a remarkable woman whose spirit is as breathtaking as her beauty.