For the Love of a Son: One Afghan Woman s Quest for Her Stolen Child (Paperback)
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Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, Shipping costs to: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Lady Lisa's Bookshop.
Doubleday, 2010. Paperback. Good. Paperback in good condition, slight lean to spine. From the bestselling author of Princess comes the heartbreaking story of one woman's search for her little boy. Product Description From the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman. She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts, and wished she had been born a boy. As a feisty teenager in Kabul, she was outraged when the Russians invaded her country. After she made a public show of defiance, she had to flee the country for her life. A new life of freedom seemed within her grasp,but her father arranged a traditional marriage to a fellow Afghan, who turned out to be a violent man. Beaten, raped and abused, Maryam found joy in the birth of a baby son. But then her brutal husband stole him away far beyond his mother's reach. For many long years she searched for her lost son, while civil war and Taliban oppression raged back home in Afghanistan. Set against a landscape littered with tragic tales of horrific suffering, Jean Sasson, author of Princess, chronicles the story of one resolute but tormented woman determined to achieve freedom and equality with men. ISBN 978-0-385-61627-9 9780385616279.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Leura Books - ABA [787907], Bowral, NSW, Australia.
292pages. Anyone who has a son would be able to relate to this story, told with honesty and compassion. The author has written many books telling the trials and tribulations of people in the middle east. In this she chronicles the story of one resolute but tormented woman determined to achieve freedom and equality with men, who was forced into a marriage with a man who was cruel, had a son, who was then taken from her, and it is this story her quest to reunite with her stolen child that is told in this book.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, The Book Depository US [58762574], Gloucester, ., United Kingdom.
Brand New Book. From the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman. She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts, and wished she had been born a boy. As a feisty teenager in Kabul, she was outraged when the Russians invaded her country. After she made a public show of defiance, she had to flee the country for her life. A new life of freedom seemed within her grasp, but her father arranged a traditional marriage to a fellow Afghan, who turned out to be a violent man. Beaten, raped and abused, Maryam found joy in the birth of a baby son. But then her brutal husband stole him away far beyond his mother s reach. For many long years she searched for her lost son, while civil war and Taliban oppression raged back home in Afghanistan. Set against a landscape littered with tragic tales of horrific suffering, Jean Sasson, author of Princess , chronicles the story of one resolute but tormented woman determined to achieve freedom and equality with men.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Lady Lisa's Bookshop [51041317], Chester, UK, United Kingdom.
Paperback in good condition, slight lean to spine. From the bestselling author of Princess comes the heartbreaking story of one woman's search for her little boy. Product Description From the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman. She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts, and wished she had been born a boy. As a feisty teenager in Kabul, she was outraged when the Russians invaded her country. After she made a public show of defiance, she had to flee the country for her life. A new life of freedom seemed within her grasp,but her father arranged a traditional marriage to a fellow Afghan, who turned out to be a violent man. Beaten, raped and abused, Maryam found joy in the birth of a baby son. But then her brutal husband stole him away far beyond his mother's reach. For many long years she searched for her lost son, while civil war and Taliban oppression raged back home in Afghanistan. Set against a landscape littered with tragic tales of horrific suffering, Jean Sasson, author of Princess, chronicles the story of one resolute but tormented woman determined to achieve freedom and equality with men. ISBN 978-0-385-61627-9 9780385616279.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Book Deals [60506629], Lewiston, NY, U.S.A.
This Book is in Good Condition. Clean Copy With Light Amount of Wear. 100% Guaranteed.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Free State Books [56683468], Halethorpe, MD, U.S.A.
Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear, and the pages have only minimal creases.