A good wife : escaping the life I never chose

Título
A good wife : escaping the life I never chose

Samra, Zafar

Resumen
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.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2019

Descripción física
x, 342 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color portraits ; 23 cm.

Materia personal
Zafar, Samra

Término de la materia
Women -- Pakistan -- Biography
 
Forced marriage -- Pakistan -- Biography
 
Abused wives -- Canada -- Biography
 
Women immigrants -- Canada -- Biography

Género
Autobiographies.

Autor añadido
Masters, Meg, 1960-

Síntesis
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

Información de publicación
Toronto, Ontario : HarperCollinsPublishersLtd, 2019.


BibliotecaSignatura topográficaTipo de materialCódigo de barras del documentoEstado
Jasper Place362.829 ZAFBook30071000658083Non-Fiction