I might have seen Waris Dirie in many magazines over the years, advertising make-up or clothes, a stunning supermodel. Flicking through those pages without a second thought, really shows how many times we can be fooled by appearances. There's a story beyond any of us and who would have thought that that lovely, proud African lady had such an incredible, painful one to recount.
This is a difficult book to read, not because of its prose, but for its contents, especially the ones related to the female genital circumcision. What Waris had to endure and her accomplishments in life later on, after her escape from native Somalia, are something quite amazing. She is currently an Ambassador for the UN, focusing on the fight against FGC ... Read More:
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I might have seen Waris Dirie in many magazines over the years, advertising make-up or clothes, a stunning supermodel. Flicking through those pages without a second thought, really shows how many times we can be fooled by appearances. There's a story beyond any of us and who would have thought that that lovely, proud African lady had such an incredible, painful one to recount.
This is a difficult book to read, not because of its prose, but for its contents, especially the ones related to the female genital circumcision. What Waris had to endure and her accomplishments in life later on, after her escape from native Somalia, are something quite amazing. She is currently an Ambassador for the UN, focusing on the fight against FGC ... Read More:
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I found this book very comforting, in that it helped me realise I am not alone in dealing with this stuff. This book shows that there are varying degrees of abuse, and what may be classed as 'minor' can still have a major impact on the victim.
I found this book very comforting, in that it helped me realise I am not alone in dealing with this stuff. This book shows that there are varying degrees of abuse, and what may be classed as 'minor' can still have a major impact on the victim.
I found this book very comforting, in that it helped me realise I am not alone in dealing with this stuff. This book shows that there are varying degrees of abuse, and what may be classed as 'minor' can still have a major impact on the victim.
I found this book very comforting, in that it helped me realise I am not alone in dealing with this stuff. This book shows that there are varying degrees of abuse, and what may be classed as 'minor' can still have a major impact on the victim.
Easy to read and simple to understand. it made me realise i am not alone as it HAS affected my adult life. a total eye opener to the root of my problems. big thank u to the authors! i am now much much happier and feel free xx
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Easy to read and simple to understand. it made me realise i am not alone as it HAS affected my adult life. a total eye opener to the root of my problems. big thank u to the authors! i am now much much happier and feel free xx
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This book does more to convey the affects of Domestic Violence and Abuse than any other textbook ive read. I know what it feels like, ive been there for the past 2 years, physically abused and of late he has continued and stepped up being emotionally abusive. All i want to know is why and why me? I know it isnt about me, but there is an element of me that wants and needs to know. This book is fantastic and it could be my story and im sure it could be the story of many others. Im fighting for strength and ive started to believe in myself and find myself again after being abused and being blamed and eroded. I am not stupid or worthless, this book conveys that.
The book is a must-have read for anyone who has been affected by Domestic Violence ... Read More:
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This book charts the sudden appearance and subsequent decline of so called 'satanic abuse' cases involving children in England the late 1980's and early 1990's. It deals with the subject critically, rather than as an article of faith, whether religious or psychotherapeutic. It compares the modern satanic abuse 'epidemic' with the witch hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and also with similar phenomena in non-western societies in the twentieth century. In short, it finds that there was no coroborative evidence, no substance to the allegations. It explains how they came about through the needs of certain adults to find satanic abuse, and how the children involved and the words they spoke were manipulated to this end. None of the cases were ... Read More:
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