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Desert Flower
by Waris Dirie
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1860496067
- ISBN 13
- 9781860496066
- Seller
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Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Virago, 2001. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Synopsis
Waris Dirie leads a double life -- by day, she is an international supermodel and human rights ambassador for the United Nations; by night, she dreams of the simplicity of life in her native Somalia and the family she was forced to leave behind. Desert Flower, her intimate and inspiring memoir, is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered about the beauty of African life, the chaotic existence of a supermodel, or the joys of new motherhood.Waris was born into a traditional Somali family, desert nomads who engaged in such ancient and antiquated customs as genital mutilation and arranged marriage. At twelve, she fled an arranged marriage to an old man and traveled alone across the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu -- the first leg of an emotional journey that would take her to London as a house servant, around the world as a fashion model, and eventually to America, where she would find peace in motherhood and humanitarian work for the U.N.Today, as Special Ambassador for the U.N., she travels the world speaking out against the barbaric practice of female genital mutilation, promoting women's reproductive rights, and educating people about the Africa she fled -- but still deeply loves.Desert Flower will be published simultaneously in eleven languages throughout the world and is currently being produced as a feature film by Rocket Pictures UK.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yare Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014170
- Title
- Desert Flower
- Author
- Waris Dirie
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1860496067
- ISBN 13
- 9781860496066
- Publisher
- Virago
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2001
- X weight
- 11 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Yare Books Limited
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Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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