{"product_id":"from-a-crooked-rib-nuruddin-farah-9780143037262","title":"From a Crooked Rib","description":"Written with complete conviction from a woman's point of view, Nuruddin Farah's spare, shocking first novel savagely attacks the traditional values of his people yet is also a haunting celebration of the unbroken human spirit. Ebla, an orphan of eighteen, runs away from her nomadic encampment in rural Somalia when she discovers that her grandfather has promised her in marriage to an older man. But even after her escape to Mogadishu, she finds herself as powerless and dependent on men as she was out in the bush. As she is propelled through servitude, marriage, poverty, and violence, Ebla has to fight to retain her identity in a world where women are \"sold like cattle.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nuruddin Farah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143037269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143037262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.42w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2006 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/26\/2006 pg. 18","brand":"Nuruddin Farah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047259566335,"sku":"9780143037262","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9084420d-79d6-419f-900e-0694a593b1d5.jpg?v=1684989178","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-a-crooked-rib-nuruddin-farah-9780143037262","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}