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A review by vikingwolf
Desert Flower by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller
3.0
This is the first of two autobiographies about Waris Dirie, who grew up as a desert nomad in Somalia. She herds her family livestock, helps her mother with chores and lives a pretty hard life. At 6, Waris had to endure the horror of female circumcision. At 12, she rebels against the arranged marriage and treks off across the desert to the city to start a new life.
This is a really amazing story. Her young years are full of hard work and a horrific tradition that sees her body mutilated. She is told to marry an old man and she is brave enough to run away, taking a dangerous trek across the desert on her own. She finds family in Mogadishu and gets the opportunity to go to London as her uncle's servant. After working in a few other less glamorous jobs, she starts to find work as a model and her life changes forever.
What an amazing woman! I was hooked by both of her books-her childhood in the tough environment of Somalia, her life in London, her modelling career...two gripping books that I recommend to everyone interested in this kind of story.
This is a really amazing story. Her young years are full of hard work and a horrific tradition that sees her body mutilated. She is told to marry an old man and she is brave enough to run away, taking a dangerous trek across the desert on her own. She finds family in Mogadishu and gets the opportunity to go to London as her uncle's servant. After working in a few other less glamorous jobs, she starts to find work as a model and her life changes forever.
What an amazing woman! I was hooked by both of her books-her childhood in the tough environment of Somalia, her life in London, her modelling career...two gripping books that I recommend to everyone interested in this kind of story.