Do They Hear You When You Cry

Name: Do They Hear You When You Cry
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ISBN: 9780385319942

ISBN-10: 0385319940

ISBN-13: 9780385319942

Edition: N/A

Authors: Fauziya Kassindja

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For Fauziya Kassindja, an idyllic childhood in Togo, West Africa, sheltered from the tribal practices of polygamy and genital mutilation, ended with her beloved father's sudden death. Forced into an arranged marriage at age seventeen, Fauziya was told to prepare for kakia, the ritual also known as female genital mutilation. It is a ritual no woman can refuse. But Fauziya dared to try. This is her story--told in her own words--of fleeing Africa just hours before the ritual kakia was to take place, of seeking asylum in America only to be locked up in U.S. prisons, and of meeting Layli Miller Bashir, a law student who became Fauziya's friend and advocate during her horrifying sixteen…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/12/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English