Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad
by Waris Dirie
Paperback- $8.23

Waris Dirie ran away from her oppressive life in the African desert when she was barely in her teens, illiterate and impoverished, with ...

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  "What a life!" by PegCherre (see profile) 04/19/11

Waris Dirie made it through the most amazingly difficult situations to find personal & professional success.

 
  "Desert Flower" by msahm (see profile) 04/20/11

I think it's important for us in America to know what is going on in the rest of the world.I never knew too much about female circumcision, this book certainly explained it all. The details in the book are quite graphic, but since it is still going on in parts of the world we need to be aware of it. This may be a difficult book to discuss.

 
  "DESERT FLOWER" by caren46 (see profile) 04/27/11

BE PREPARED FOR SOME DISTURBING INFORMATION ON THE PRACTICE OF FEMALE CIRCUMCISION--INSIGHTFUL AS TO HOW BADLY WOMEN (CHILDREN) ARE TREATED IN SOME CULTURES-----I HAD NO IDEA HOW GRUESOME THIS WAS AND THAT IT IS STILL PRACTICED TODAY.

 
  "Informative" by lsancartier (see profile) 06/23/11

I had no idea this was happening to women and young girls. I pray that this mutalation ends!!

 
  "Good book club book." by kristinerolf (see profile) 06/24/11

Fast, easy and learned something new.

 
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