Between Two Worlds by Zainab Salbi
Zainab Salbi was eleven years old when her father was chosen to be Saddam Hussein's personal pilot and her family's life was grafted onto his. Her mother, the beautiful Alia, taught her daughter the skills she needed to survive. A plastic smile. Saying yes. Burying in boxes in her mind the horrors she glimpsed around her. "Learn to erase your memories," she instructed. "He can read eyes."In this richly visual memoir, Salbi describes tyranny as she saw it - through the eyes of a privileged child, a rebellious teenager, a violated wife, and ultimately a public figure fighting to overcome the skill that once kept her alive: silence.
Between Two Worlds is a riveting quest for truth that deepens our understanding of the universal themes of power, fear, sexual subjugation, and the question one generation asks the one before it: How could you have let this happen to us?
Becklund, Laurie: - Laurie Becklund is a writer and editor whose books include Swoosh: The Story of Nike and the Men Who Played There, coauthored with J. B. Strasser. She is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer, for which she reported extensively from Mexico and Central America, and shares a Pulitzer Prize for spot news reporting. She has also received the Society of Professional Journalists' award for best deadline writing nationwide. She lives in Hollywood with her husband and their daughter.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781592402441 |
| ISBN 10 | 1592402445 |
| Title | Between Two Worlds |
| Author | Zainab Salbi |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Gotham Books |
| Year published | 2006-08-17 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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