The Girl Who Escaped ISIS The Girl Who Escaped ISIS

The Girl Who Escaped ISIS

This Is My Story

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Publisher Description

Named a “Best Book of the Year” by New York Post

“Farida Khalaf’s story is harrowing but crucial—especially when it comes to understanding what ISIS actually is and does.” —Glamour

“As gripping as it is appalling…a compelling testament to the suffering of ordinary people caught up in violence far beyond their control—and to the particularly terrible price it exacts from women.” —The Guardian

A young Yazidi woman was living a normal, sheltered life in northern Iraq during the summer of 2014 when her entire world was upended: her village was attacked by ISIS. All of the men in her town were killed and the women were taken into slavery.

This is Farida Khalaf’s story.

In unprecedented detail, Farida describes her world as it was—at nineteen, she was living at home with her brothers and parents, finishing her schooling and looking forward to becoming a math teacher—and the hell it became. Held in a slave market in Syria and sold into the homes of several ISIS soldiers, she stubbornly attempts resistance at every turn. Farida is ultimately brought to an ISIS training camp in the middle of the desert, where she plots an against-all-odds escape for herself and five other girls.

A riveting firsthand account of life in captivity and a courageous flight to freedom, this astonishing memoir is also Farida’s way of bearing witness, and of ensuring that ISIS does not succeed in crushing her spirit. Her bravery, resilience, and hope in the face of unimaginable violence will fascinate and inspire.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2016
July 19
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
240
Pages
PUBLISHER
Atria Books
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
2.8
MB

Customer Reviews

Bob2621 ,

An amazing read

As I read this book it seriously felt like I was right there with her. The smell of the dishes, the heat of the Iraqi desert, and the unthinkable of what or where my future will bring me. Many, many, many thoughts to myself how precious life is and how lucky some of us have it. I couldn’t relate anything from my past that would even be remotely close. I didn’t want the book to end, but none the less I’m so happy for Farida and her family to be living somewhere where people are treated like people. Not like some disgusting scum in some armpit part of the world!

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