A good wife : escaping the life I never chose
Título
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A good wife : escaping the life I never chose
Samra, Zafar
Resumen
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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
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2019
Descripción física
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x, 342 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color portraits ; 23 cm.
Materia personal
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Zafar, Samra
Término de la materia
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Women -- Pakistan -- Biography
Forced marriage -- Pakistan -- Biography
Abused wives -- Canada -- Biography
Women immigrants -- Canada -- Biography
Género
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Autobiographies.
Autor añadido
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Masters, Meg, 1960-
Síntesis
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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
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9781443454865
Información de publicación
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Toronto, Ontario : HarperCollinsPublishersLtd, 2019.
Biblioteca | Signatura topográfica | Tipo de material | Código de barras del documento | Estado |
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Jasper Place | 362.829 ZAF | Book | 30071000658083 | Non-Fiction |