transworld publishers limited 2011 paperback (2 results)

Condition: Very Good. Growing up in Afghanistan, Maryam was a privileged, rebellious and plucky teenager. She witnessed the terrible second-class life that Afghan women had to endure and decided to use her elevated position to bring equality to her country. Tragedy struck when Russia invaded and her dream of a peaceful and united Afghanistan was destroyed. Her public defiance of the Russian invasion meant that she and her family were forced to flee to America to begin a new life. The promise of a fresh start restored Maryam's spirit but her father had other ideas and arranged her marriage to a violent man. Soon her life became no different to that of the women she had tried to save back home. Abused, beaten and sexually assaulted, Maryam's only form of joy was her new baby son. She tries to escape her brutal marriage by running back to her family but her husband finds her and steals their son. He takes him back to Afghanistan and it is eighteen years before she sees him again. As she tries to piece her life back together, Maryam marries a kind Saudi man, moves to Saudi Arabia and gives birth to a second son but nothing fills the hole left by her first son. When America invades Afghanistan in the aftermath of 9/11, Maryam seizes her chance to return home and find her son. But he isn't the son she hoped for . . . Set against a landscape littered with the tragic tales of women's lives, this is the story of one brave, bold and determined woman who has fought her entire life for equality. 464 pages.

Condition: Very Good. October 1789: I shall never forget that day. I shall never forget the decision I made. I was seventeen and so ill prepared for life that I hardly knew how to dress myself, let alone how to board a mail coach or even how to purchase a loaf of bread. When I fled my home at Melmouth Park, I left those who both loved and hated me behind. I threw myself upon the world, dear reader - and see what trouble has come of that. Do read my tale closely, for the warnings of your mamma and your governess were correct; there is much to be learned from a woman of my sort. I fell for every snare and trick of fate, so that you might not. My tale is not for the faint of heart - the prude, the high-minded and moral are likely to take offence. You have heard the lies and slander from others. Prepare now to hear the truth. Set during a period of revolution and turmoil, 'Mistress of My Fate' is the first book in the series, 'The Confessions of Henrietta Lightfoot'. In her candid and eye-brow raising memoirs, Henrietta seeks to set the record straight about the events that shaped her into the woman she became. 434 pages.