Love in a Torn Land

by Jean Sasson

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In this incredible true love story, bestselling author Jean Sasson shares Joanna al-Askari's personal journey of fear and fortitude through a Baghdad childhood and life as a Kurdish freedom fighter during the Iran-Iraq War. Inspiring and unforgettable, Love in a Torn Land shares Joanna's passionate and unflagging determination to survive and fight--for love, life, and the freedom of her beloved Kurdistan.

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A touching love story set primarily during the war of freedom for the Kurds in the hills of Northern Iraq. Joanna grows up in Baghdad a life of ease yet still includes fear of bombs, night time raids, smuggling a brother out of the country, imprisoned family members, and interrogations. All this was not enough to prepare Joanna for life as a 'peshmerga,' a freedom fighter, living in the mountainside of Northern Iraq fighting to ensure the freedom of the Kurdish people. There she would endure hardships few will ever know. Sasson once again tells a story of brave triumphs in the turbulent Middle East. Joanna's story is told in a beautiful and haunting voice; Sasson does not disappoint. Once again she writes her books from an assumed first show more person point of view as if the experience and life were her own. Be prepared to laugh and cry; a box of tissues is essential- enjoy. show less
My only quibble: Jean Sasson is listed as the author, but it's written in the first-person of Joanna Al-Askari Hussein.
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Ni slicno onome sto sam ocekivala od ove autorke.
In dit aangrijpende boek vertelt Jean Sasson het verhaal van Joanna Al-Askari Hussein. In het Irak van Saddam
Hoessein wordt Joanna verliefd op een Koerdische vrijheidsstrijder. Ze trouwt met hem en volgt hem in de
strijd. Maar als haar geboortedorp in 1987 wordt aangevallen met gifgas moet ze vluchten voor haar leven.
Joanna weet te ontsnappen, maar meer dan 200.000Koerden komen om in Saddams volkerenmoord.
Door het verhaal van Joanna leren we over het trieste lot van het Koerdische volk, dat gewelddadig is onderdrukt
door Irakezen, Turken, Iraniërs en Syriërs. Liefde in een verscheurd land is een onvergetelijk portret van een
bijzondere vrouw en een onthullende visie op de onderdrukking van het Koerdische volk.
Jean P. Sasson schrijft en show more geeft wereldwijd lezingen. Ze heeft in Saudi-Arabië gewoond en veel gereisd in het
Midden-Oosten. Ze heeft vijf internationale bestsellers op haar naam staan: Sultana, Sultana's dochters, Sultana's droom,
Kinderen van het beloofde land en Mayada. Tegenwoordig woont ze in het zuiden van de Verenigde Staten.
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Jean Sasson was born in 1947 in Troy, Alabama. She is an American writer whose work mainly centers around women in the Middle East. Sasson lived in Saudi Arabia for twelve years as an admisitrative coordinator of medical affairs for a specialist hospital. He books include: The Rape of Kuwait, and the bestselling Princess Trilogy -- Princess: A show more True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, Princess Sultana's Daughters, and Princess Sultana's Circle. She also wrote Growing Up bin Laden. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS
956.70441History & geographyHistory of AsiaMiddle East Asia: Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, JordanIraq1920-1979-
LCC
DS79.66 .H86 .S27History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaAsiaHistory of Asia
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