Shame by Jasvinder Sanghera (9780340924624)

Description - Shame by Jasvinder Sanghera

When she was fourteen, Jasvinder Sanghera was shown a photo of the man chosen to be her husband. She was terrified. She d witnessed the torment her sisters endured in their arranged marriages, so she ran away from home, grief-stricken when her parents disowned her. Shame is the heart-rending true story of a young girl s attempt to escape from a cruel, claustrophobic world where family honour mattered more than anything sometimes more than life itself. Jasvinder s story is one of terrible oppression, a harrowing struggle against a punitive code of honour and, finally, triumph over adversity.

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