{"product_id":"shackled-to-my-family-samina-younis-9781908387714","title":"Shackled to my Family","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10th ANNIVESARY EDITION: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe improved 2022 10th Anniversary edition includes a short interview with the author bringing the her life story up to date as well as the editor's notes on the origins of this bestseller.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the true story of Samina Younis, born in Britain to a strict, religious Muslim family - a family that practices the tradition of forced marriage which they brought back with them from their village in Pakistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of seven sisters and two brothers, she was a bitter disappointment to her parents who desperately wanted a son; as a result she suffered terrible physical and mental abuse at the hands of both her mother and father; later she was to fall victim to continued abuse from her very own siblings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of just sixteen, on a trip to Pakistan Samina was told that she must marry her second cousin, a boy she had met only once in her life and for whom she had no affection whatsoever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe writing of this book was Samina's only way of coming to terms with the life that she had been forced into, the mental conflict over her enduring love for a mother, now dead, who even on her deathbed was compelled to dominate and control her future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe book recounts in an honest, unvarnished style, her struggle against her family and her dramatic escape to a life of her own.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe publishers and author wish to thank the thousands of people who have already read this book and made it such a success in raising awareness of cruel and archaic practices forced on women and men around the world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samina Younis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1908387718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781908387714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford eBooks Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Samina Younis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125535469823,"sku":"9781908387714","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c92e7074-1f05-4f7d-9b0a-a431b92ef22f.jpg?v=1687443175","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shackled-to-my-family-samina-younis-9781908387714","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}