Between Two Worlds Escape from Tyranny: Growing up in the Shadow of Saddam

Name: Between Two Worlds Escape from Tyranny: Growing up in the Shadow of Saddam
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ISBN: 9781592402441

ISBN-10: 1592402445

ISBN-13: 9781592402441

Edition: N/A

Authors: Zainab Salbi, Laurie Becklund

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Zainab Salbi was eleven years old when her father was chosen to be Saddam Hussein's personal pilot and her family's life was grafted onto his. Her mother, the beautiful Alia, taught her daughter the skills she needed to survive. A plastic smile. Saying yes. Burying in boxes in her mind the horrors she glimpsed around her. "Learn to erase your memories," she instructed. "He can read eyes." In this richly visual memoir, Salbi describes tyranny as she saw it--through the eyes of a privileged child, a rebellious teenager, a violated wife, and ultimately a public figure fighting to overcome the skill that once kept her alive: silence. Between Two Worldsis a riveting quest for truth that…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/17/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.22" wide x 7.94" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English