- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown & Company (13 Jan 2000)
- ISBN-10: 0316847399
- ISBN-13: 978-0316847391
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,720,222 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I believe that two of the greatest struggles of modern civilisation have been the fights against the subjugation of women and the exploitation of children. Read the first page
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I have read this book when staying in Yemen for half a year, together with "Without Mercy" written by Nadia's mother and "Sold" written by Nadia`sister. I have read the book during my first weeks in this beautiful country with people living their traditional lives-same as 500years ago. I had a chance to meet people from mountain villages near Tai`z, the region where Nadia still lives her unchosen deal. When "A Promise to Nadia" was released, a new campaign has run through The Yemen Times, a Yemenian paper in English.... After 6 months spent there, I would not believe a word of what Yemenian Officials say-which means I believe to Zana Muhsen. I believe her still more now, when I have seen all this with my own eyes. However, with this experience of mine, I think it is too late now to save Nadia who has six children back in Yemen and got used to Islamic way of life, but the mission of the book should be : international authorities should do all they can so that other girls with a similar deal could return back to their homeland, trying to break through Islamic rules-even if it seems impossible in fact. The book was a breath-taking reading with an unbelievably skilful depiction of the reality, more compelling than any reportage by a professional-because it IS A REAL HUMAN STORY.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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Shocked, disgusted, frustrated, angry - I couldn't put this book down.It is very difficult for someone who has not been to the Yemen to understand the lifestyle and the brutality of the culture there, but through this book, Zana is fighting with every breath to ensure that Nadia is not forgotten. Her story of her struggles and battles with the British and Yemeni government makes for gripping reading, and her resolution not to give up should be a lesson to us all.A book well worth reading - if only to show us how lucky we are in the western world.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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I read the book with much interest as I had read Zana's other books, and I must say I loved it. I was very keen to learn of what was happening in their lives and what was happening with Nadia, it was a very moving story, all the struggles that Zana and her mother and her family where doing to try and get Nadia back home and they never gave up and still aren't giving up. I think it was a terrible thing that happened to the girls, how could a father sell his children to strangers, is beyond me and be treated the way there where by human beings, just treated like slaves, no mind of there own, can't say what they want to say, to be ruled by men like that is a terrible thing. I would love to read any further books on how things are going in their lives and if and when they ever get Nadia and her children home.I hope Zana and her family carry on their fight, before it's to late.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
very good book which arrived on time in excellent condition
excellent book, very engrossing, which i enjoyed just as much as the previous ones. i am looking forward to the next!
Published 6 months ago by entity56
What's happened recently?
Nearly finished this. An interesting read. Don't seem to ever have read the first one - Stolen - which is strange as I grab these kind of books when I see them. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Eleanora
A Promise To Nadia
So sad .This story depicts a true story of a girl ,who is so powerless to have any say in her life. 'shame and honour' are so important in this girl,s existence that she is... Read more
Published 12 months ago by jan evans
Not sure about this one...
An engrossing story, although I found the quality of the narrative rather poor. It was as though I was reading a school essay rather than a true story based on a harrowing... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mrs. N. Millican
a promise to nadia
i selected this book, because i had read the first book, called SOLD by the same authors. i needed to know what has happened since. Read more
Published on 12 Feb 2010 by Mrs. Margaret E. Green
gripping
I read all 3 books to do with the sisters from birmingham and all were excellent it would be interesting to know if she ever did come back.
Published on 24 Aug 2009 by Mrs. L. Wood
You can't help being affected by this book
This is the story of how two British girls from a Yemeni father got sold without their knowledge - or that of their British mother - as teenage brides to two Yemeni men. Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2009 by Melon Dubes
Follow on from SOLD.....
This is a harrowing story about a sister and mothers fight to free Nadia (sister/daughter) from a forced marriage in Yemen. Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2008 by S. D. Williams
No happy ending for this Promise
"A Promise to Nadia" is the heartbreaking sequal to the international best-seller "Sold" in which Zana Muhsen told her tear-jerking story of how she and her younger sister Nadia... Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2007 by KAT
Good
It was good to read the continuation and learn the outcome of Nadia. However, i felt there was not much progress for poor Zana to get her sister back to the UK which was a... Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2006 by M. Mukhtar
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