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    For the Love of a Son: One Afghan Woman's Quest for Her Stolen Child
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    For the Love of a Son: One Afghan Woman's Quest for Her Stolen Child

    By Jean Sasson

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    From the New York Times bestselling author of PRINCESS: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, comes the heartbreaking story of one woman's quest for her stolen child. As a little girl in Afghanistan, Maryam fought for equality and defied the second-class standing of women by pretending to be a boy. When her feisty spirit nearly cost her life, after a public act of rebellion against the invasion of Russia, Maryam is forced to flee to America. But her fresh start at life is short-lived as her arranged marriage to a violent Afghan leaves her with only one joy--the birth of her son. When she attempts to escape her brutal marriage, her husband steals their son away and takes him back to Afghanistan, a land torn by civil war and Taliban oppression. What follows is the stirring true story of one mother's struggle for justice, as she fights to be reunited with her son.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLiza Dawson Associates
    Release dateJul 8, 2013
    ISBN9781452438726
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    • 4/5
      This book took me to a better understanding of female submission to men, and identify several aspects in common in Afghan and Western cultures.
      I felt identified with Maryam in her search for happiness and in her desire to make glad those around her, but also in her loosing sight of her own needs and yearnings. So, this reading was also healing.
      Thank you, Jean Sasson, for being the voice for all these women I have loved to know about.