I've stopped reading for so long. But I'm glad I've picked it up again after the last Harry Potter book. I'm now making a conscious effort to pick up the habit again.
A true story of an African lady who fled her country to escape her traditional relatives, who wanted to force her into a marriage as the 4th wife of an elderly man and to go through the ancient practice of FGM (Female Genital Mutilation). It tells of her experiences when she tried to seek asylum in US, how badly she was treated and humiliated. Only through the perseverance of a law student and many other advocates, she was set free years later and her case served as a landmark case for for many future asylum cases.
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