About the Author:
Farida Abbas and her brothers were brought up in the Yazidi community in Kocho, Iraq. Farida was 19 years old when ISIS attacked her village, killed the men, captured the women and sold them into slavery. After four months, Farida and her best friend managed to escape against all odds.
Review:
"Shattering, brave, angering account" * The Bookseller * "`How much can a single person endure? Traumatised, uprooted, abused - Farida continues to deal with the consequences of ISIS. Nevertheless, this memoir is full of hope. She is a very strong individual, she has the heart of a lioness. An amazing story that encourages us never to keep quiet or to give in'" -- Frank Heinrich, German Parliamentary Speaker on Human Rights "`Farida tells her story courageously and bravely as she describes how she resisted attempts to convert, marry and rape her, for so long in some cases that the ISIS henchmen actually left her alone'" * Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung * "`Farida shows the good and bad sides of religion... She criticises aspects of her own upbringing like certain religious taboos - such nuance is impressive'" * HEUTE.de * "`Her story highlights atrocities, but it is also a moving account of how friendship, love and the will to survive are mightier than any barbarism'" * Anzeiger *
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