Love in a Torn Land
One Woman's Daring Escape from Saddam's Poison Gas Attacks on the Kurdish People of Iraq
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Best-selling author, Jean Sasson tells the dramatic true story of a young woman caught up in Saddam Hussein's genocide of the Kurdish people of Iraq. One morning Joanna, a young bride living in the Kurdish mountains of Iraq, was surprised to see dead birds drop silently out of the clear sky. They were followed by sinister canisters falling from helicopters, bringing fear and death. It was 1987, and Saddam Hussein had ordered his cousin 'Chemical Ali' to bombard Joanna's village, Bergalou, with chemical weapons. Temporarily blinded in the attack, Joanna was rescued by her husband, a Kurdish freedom fighter. After being caught in another bombardment and left for dead in the rubble, they managed to flee over the mountains in a harrowing escape. With Joanna now pregnant, the young couple lived as refugees for a year, before finally travelling to England on forged papers, and being granted political asylum.
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Love in a Torn Land, Jean Sasson
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- Pubblicato
- 2007
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- Titolo
- Love in a Torn Land
- Sottotitolo
- One Woman's Daring Escape from Saddam's Poison Gas Attacks on the Kurdish People of Iraq
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Jean Sasson
- Editore
- Transworld Publishers
- Pubblicato
- 2007
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0385610874
- ISBN13
- 9780385610872
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Tema stórico, Storia, Storie vere, Esoterismo e religione, Biografie, Temi religiosi, Religione, Donne, Autobiografie e memorie, Storia Militare, Prosa di guerra, Guerre, Islam, Basato su eventi reali, Curdi, Guerra in Iraq (2003-2011)
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2007
- Titolo originale
- Love in a torn land
- Valutazione
- 3,9 su 5
- Descrizione
- Best-selling author, Jean Sasson tells the dramatic true story of a young woman caught up in Saddam Hussein's genocide of the Kurdish people of Iraq. One morning Joanna, a young bride living in the Kurdish mountains of Iraq, was surprised to see dead birds drop silently out of the clear sky. They were followed by sinister canisters falling from helicopters, bringing fear and death. It was 1987, and Saddam Hussein had ordered his cousin 'Chemical Ali' to bombard Joanna's village, Bergalou, with chemical weapons. Temporarily blinded in the attack, Joanna was rescued by her husband, a Kurdish freedom fighter. After being caught in another bombardment and left for dead in the rubble, they managed to flee over the mountains in a harrowing escape. With Joanna now pregnant, the young couple lived as refugees for a year, before finally travelling to England on forged papers, and being granted political asylum.