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True story of the bride of a Kurdish freedom fighter caught up in Saddam's chemical attacks, by the bestselling author of the Princess trilogy and Mayada: Daughter of Iraq
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Bestselling author Jean Sasson tells the dramatic true story of a young woman caught up in Saddam Hussein's genocide of the Kurdish people of Iraq.
One morning Joanna, a young bride living in the Kurdish mountains of Iraq, was surprised to see dead birds drop silently out of the clear sky. They were followed by sinister canisters falling to the ground, bringing fear and death.
It was 1987, and Saddam Hussein had ordered his cousin 'Chemical Ali' to bombard Joanna's village, Bergalou, with chemical weapons. Temporarily blinded in the attack, Joanna was rescued by her husband, a Kurdish freedom fighter. After being caught in another bombardment and left for dead in the rubble, they managed to flee over the mountains in a harrowing escape.
Now living in the UK and working for British Airways, Joanna has told the story of her eventful life to Jean Sasson, the bestselling chronicler of oppressed women's lives in the Princess trilogy and Mayada. Love in a Torn Land is published while the world watches the trial of the notorious 'Chemical Ali', Saddam Hussein's most bloodthirsty henchman, for crimes including the genocide of the Kurdish people.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
It is a love story between a Kurdish man and woman set in the background of the atrocities suffered by the Kurdish people in Iraq under Saddam Hussain.
The lovers story is a fantastic love story and struggle to survive, some of their story had me laughing and some made we worried for them.
The book also tells part of the larger story of the struggle to survive and the atrocities suffered by the Kurdish people, some descriptions of actual events reduced me to tears.
A must read for anyone interested in a good love story or to understand something about the atrocities suffered by the Kurdish people in Iraq under Saddam Hussein.
The lovers story is a fantastic love story and struggle to survive, some of their story had me laughing and some made we worried for them.
The book also tells part of the larger story of the struggle to survive and the atrocities suffered by the Kurdish people, some descriptions of actual events reduced me to tears.
A must read for anyone interested in a good love story or to understand something about the atrocities suffered by the Kurdish people in Iraq under Saddam Hussein.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Another Tragic but inspirational true story from Jean Sasson. Beautifully written and my prayer will be with all those affected in this book. Couldnt put it down. A must read.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have read a few books by Jean Sasson and really like her way of writing.
A really gripping story from the start till the end, while reading the book it was hard to put it down as the book will draw you into it and you want to know what is happening next and will they see each other again and does she really give up her job and leave her family behind to live in the mountains with no luxury (which she wasn't completely aware off)
The understanding for her husband to help their people fight against Sadam Hussain and be herself part of it made the read so much worth while.
A really gripping story from the start till the end, while reading the book it was hard to put it down as the book will draw you into it and you want to know what is happening next and will they see each other again and does she really give up her job and leave her family behind to live in the mountains with no luxury (which she wasn't completely aware off)
The understanding for her husband to help their people fight against Sadam Hussain and be herself part of it made the read so much worth while.
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Fascinating story but horribly written
I bought this book with anticipation of a really good, realistic account of life under a terrible regime. Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2009 by B. A. Weekes
Got to be the best book I've ever read
This book was just simply so captivating that I have never enjoyed reading a book so much! Jean's style of writing actually makes you feel as though you are the person in the... Read more
Published on 15 July 2009 by Ms. S. A. Evans
Living through the Kurdish Holocaust
This is the story of Joanna Al Askari, Joanna of Kurdistan, and her life as a part persecuted nation in Iraqi occupied Kurdistan. Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2008 by Gary Selikow
Excellent
Read this book and was totaly lost in the story was very sad and knowing that at such a young age Joanne saw alot of things that happened to her family
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Published on 13 Mar 2008 by Ms. Z. I. Waka
brilliant
This was a brilliant book. Jean Sasson is a brilliant writer and the story in the book is worth reading. I warmly recommend this amazing and captive book for you!
Published on 9 Feb 2008 by R. Esko
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