A newly updated edition of a young girls account of her terrifying experiences with being sold by her father as a modern day. A promise to nadia book by zana muhsen thriftbooks. Now she must fight to save her sister, says mary osullivanin 1980, when zana muhsen was 16. As she described so powerfully in her internationally bestselling book. Older one zana muhsen to marcus and nadia muhsen to three children.
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Zana muhsen survived rape and marital slavery in yemen. The book contains real life pictures taken by reporters of the area muhsen and her sister were stranded in. Along with her ghost writer, andrew crofts, muhsen tells her true account of modern day slavery. Texas destiny texas trilogy book 1 pdf book download online. Zana muhsen is a british author known for her book sold. This book was written in 1992 and received immediate attention from all over the globe. Aged 15 and respectively, zana and her sister discovered that they had been literally sold into marriage, and that on their arrival they were virtually prisoners. Fifteen year old zana muhsen and her thriteen year old sister nadia are two average girls born and.
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