Leila Collaboration Marie Therese Cuny (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Paperback. Translated by Sue Rose. Leila was born, brought up and educated in France, though her family came from Morocco. But her romantic dreams were shattered when she was forced to marry a man she'd never met, fifteen years older than her, and whose language she couldn't understand. Her father told her: 'It's him and no one else, and you'll be happy with this man'. The husband she didn't love beat her regularly in an attempt to force her into submission. With extraordinary courage, Leila fought back against the weight of family tradition to regain her liberty and dignity; and though it put her life in danger, she left her husband and later divorced him. She still loves her father, despite the pain he inflicted on her, and the rift in her family causes her continuing anguish. This is a devastating first-hand testimony by an exceptionally brave Muslim woman about the nightmare of her forced marraige; it exposes a cruel and inhumane practice that may be far more widespread than we realise. 245 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).