A good wife : escaping the life I never chose
Title
:
A good wife : escaping the life I never chose
Personal Author EPSB
:
Samra, Zafar
Summary
:
With almost no warning, Samra Zafar was married to a stranger at 17 and had to leave behind her family in Pakistan to move to Canada. In the years that followed she suffered her husband's emotional and physical abuse that left her feeling isolated, humiliated and assaulted. Samra tells her harrowing and inspiring story, following her from a young girl with big dreams, through finding strength in the face of oppression and then finally battling through to empowerment.
Year Published
:
2019
Physical Description
:
x, 342 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color portraits ; 23 cm.
Personal Subject
:
Zafar, Samra
Subject
:
Women -- Pakistan -- Biography
Forced marriage -- Pakistan -- Biography
Abused wives -- Canada -- Biography
Women immigrants -- Canada -- Biography
Genre
:
Autobiographies.
Added Author
:
Masters, Meg, 1960-
Summary
:
With almost no warning, Samra Zafar was married to a stranger at 17 and had to leave behind her family in Pakistan to move to Canada. In the years that followed she suffered her husband's emotional and physical abuse that left her feeling isolated, humiliated and assaulted. Samra tells her harrowing and inspiring story, following her from a young girl with big dreams, through finding strength in the face of oppression and then finally battling through to empowerment.
ISBN
:
9781443454865
Publisher
:
Toronto, Ontario : HarperCollinsPublishersLtd, 2019.
Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode |
---|
Jasper Place | 362.829 ZAF | Book | 30071000658083 |