Author: Chesler, Phyllis.
Publication year: 2014
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 1137279400 9781137279408 (pbk): 1137279400 :
Notes:
Originally published: 2013.
This title tells the extraordinary story of a young woman's ordeal in a harem in Afghanistan and how her escape inspired her fight for human rights. The dramatic tale re-creates a time gone by, a place that is no more, and shares the way in which Chesler turned adversity into a passion for worldwide social, educational, and political reform.
Audience: Teen readers
Extent: xiii, 235 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (b