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Born in the Big Rains
A Memoir of Somalia and Survival|
19,49 € |
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| Verlag: | The Feminist Press at Cuny |
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| Veröffentl.: | 01.04.2008 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781558616226 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 196 |
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Beschreibungen
This ';impassioned, beautifully written memoir' by a survivor of female circumcision is a ';brutally honest' story of tragedy and triumph (Publishers Weekly). As a nomad, Fadumo Korn freely roamed the wild steppes of her native Somalia until her mother delivered her into the hands of an ';excisor' to become a woman in the eyes of her tribe by undergoing female genital cutting. But serious complications brought on by the circumcision would force her to leave her home on a journey of survival and self-discovery. Fadumo first traveled to the bustling city of Mogadishu and the household of a wealthy uncle, a brother of the Somali president. There, she entered a world of luxury underpinned by political instability and cruelty in a country eager for rebellion. As her symptoms worsened, she journeyed to Germany, where she received not only therapy but love and acceptance in the most unlikely of places. With this ';courageous... indispensable testament,' Fadumo Korn weaves together a sensitive understanding of traditional practices with revelations about their disturbing effects. Full of sorrow and surprising humor, Born in the Big Rains provides a candid history of a life sculpted by crippling rheumatism and an unexpected path to recovery (Elfriede Jelinek, 2004 Nobel Laureate in Literature).
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