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Stolen Lives. Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
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bookshelves: reviewed, non-fiction, biography, social-culture, readbooks-female-author-or-illust, z2001, zz-4star
Jun 23, 2007
bookshelves: reviewed, non-fiction, biography, social-culture, readbooks-female-author-or-illust, z2001, zz-4star
The writing style is not special in my opinion so I give this book 4 stars, but this fantastic and disturbing story is worth a 5 star rating, so another 4 陆 stars from me. Really harrowing to read. Written by a young woman who grew up in Morocco, a child of unimaginable privilege until her father鈥檚 actions got the whole family in trouble. Then an account of what happened to her and her siblings and mother 鈥� see the subtitle: 20 years in a desert jail, which does not do justice to describing the unbelievably horrific conditions these people endured. An amazing story of survival. Learned a lot about Morocco of not very long ago.
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Jun 14, 2010 10:28PM
This does sound quite good, Lisa, thanks for the rec. I would also work for Morocco for my around the world challenge. I'm reading another political prisoner memoir right now, this one out of Romania.
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Perfect for Morocco, yes. I assume there are many books that would work, but I do recommend this. She also wrote a sequel, Freedom: The Story of My Second Life, but I have not read that one.
I did indeed read this for Morocco. What an incredible story -- especially the escape, with so little to work with, when the family was in such a sick, weakened physical condition!
Meaghan wrote: "I did indeed read this for Morocco. What an incredible story -- especially the escape, with so little to work with, when the family was in such a sick, weakened physical condition!"Truly amazing! I'm glad you read this one, though I don't know other Morocco books offhand, but this one was riveting.
Strange, Inever saw when you reviewed this book.
Chrissie wrote: "Strange, Inever saw when you reviewed this book."Chrissie, I'm sure we all miss many of each other's reviews. I read this 1-1/2 years ago; it actually seems longer than that to me.
Chrissie wrote: "I have added it."The writing isn't fantastic but the story is so riveting. Just amazing really.
I will be emailed when it is kindalized.
Chrissie wrote: "I will be emailed when it is kindalized."That's great that you can get notifications, Chrissie.
Absolutely! And several have turned up!
