William Hoffer Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Potrebbe essere l'eroina di un romanzo d'avventura e di passione. Invece Tehmina Durrani è la vera protagonista dei fatti che racconta. Sposata con Mustafa Khar, eminente uomo politico pakistano, Tehmina è costretta dal marito ad accettare violenze e angherie, a subire umiliazioni e tradimenti. Tuttavia, durante gli anni più burrascosi della recente storia del Pakistan, Tehmina condivide con Mustafa Khar una lunga battaglia politica tanto in patria quanto in esilio. Per accorgersi, alla fine, di essersi battuta al fianco di un uomo assetato solo di potere. E' l'ultima delusione quella che le dà la forza di lasciarlo e di smascherarlo scrivendo un libro. Questo libro. Che in Pakistan ha suscitato scandalo, ma ha anche aiutato tante donne a ritrovare la propria dignità. Un documento unico. La storia di Tehmina e del suo Paese in cerca di libertà.

L'histoire d'un kidnapping réalisé avec le soutien et l'aide logistique d'une communauté juive intégriste, les Satmars, et le portrait d'une femme, la narratrice, Belge de confession catholique, qui a su vaincre ses terreurs et le pouvoir de son mari, Israélien d'origine yéménite, pour sauver ses enfants.

Born into one of Pakistan's most influential families, Tehmina Durrani was raised in the privileged milieu of Lahore high society and educated at the same school as Benazir Bhutto. Like all women of her rank, she was expected to marry a wealthy Muslim, bear him many children and lead a sheltered life of air-conditioned leisure. When she married Mustafa Khar, one of Pakistan's most eminent political figures, she continued to move in the best circles, and learned to keep up the public facade as a glamorous, cultivated wife, and mother of four children. In private, however, the story-book romance rapidly turned sour. Mustafa Khar became violently possessive and jealous, and succeeded in cutting his wife off from the outside world. For the course of her 14-year marriage, she suffered alone, in silence. This is the story of Tehmina's rebellion from an unhappy marriage. As a Muslim woman seeking a divorce, she paid a high price. She signed away all financial support, lost the custody of her children, and found herself alienated from her friends and disowned by her parents. The book, which she originally published herself after publishers in Pakistan refused to do so, shocked Pakistan society. She had succeeeded in reconciling her faith in Islam with her ardent belief in women's rights.

Holt mir mein Kind zurück! - Ein packender Bericht über Menschen, die unter Einsatz ihres Lebens verschleppte Kinder in die USA zurückbringen - bk1524; Bastei Lübbe Verlag; Neil C. Livingstone & William Hoffer; pocket_book; 1992

Tehmina Durrani à 21 ans lorsqu'elle tombe amoureuse de Mustapha Khar, le "Lion du Penjab". II a vingt ans de plus qu'elle, il est l'un des hommes politiques les plus influents du Pakistan. Longtemps, il vont symboliser le couple moderne idéal. Unis dans leur combat auprès de la famille Bhutto, complices en amour ... Personne ne soupçonne qu'en privé, Tehmina vit un véritable enfer ; que son mari la trompe, l'humilie, la bat avec une violence et une cruauté inouïes. Conditionnée par son éducation, anéantie par la souffrance, Tehmina s'est tue longtemps. Un jour, pourtant, elle a décidé de briser le silence et de conquérir sa liberté. Malgré la peur, les difficultés, les représailles, elle a lutté. Pour elle, pour les autres femmes, pour que certains hommes cessent d'être des geôliers et de bourreaux ... [babelio.com]

In 1971 Richard Burke, a freshman at Georgetown University, volunteered his services to the offices of his political idol, Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Through ability, hard work, and dedication, Burke rose in the next four years to become one of the Senator's closest staff members. In 1977 he was made Kennedy's personal assistant; after his appointment in 1978 as administrative assistant - the youngest in the Senate - he came to know Edward M. Kennedy perhaps more intimately than anyone outside the closed circle of the Senator's family. He was often the last to see the Senator at night and the first to see him in the morning. This book is the account of what Richard Burke witnessed and experienced during his decade at the Senator's right hand. It is neither a full biography nor an examination of Kennedy's long career in government. Rather, it is the history of a young man who shared the Senator's professional and personal lives during a time marked by exhilarating public achievements and tragic secret misconduct. His story is not only the chronicle of a shattered idol, but of Richard Burke's own fall from grace, and eventual recovery. Burke does not shrink from confronting his own faults, and he agrees with the Senator: It is time for him to confront his.