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The last girl : my story of captivity and my fight against the Islamic State / Nadia Murad ; with Jenna Krajeski.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London, England : Virago Press Ltd, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, map ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0349009740
  • 9780349009742
  • 0349009759
  • 9780349009759
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DS79.766.M865 A3 2017b
Other classification:
  • BIO026000 | BIO022000 | POL035010
Summary: A Nobel Peace Prize nominee and the first Goodwill Ambassador the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking of the United Nations and winner of the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize, Nadia Murad is a courageous young woman who has endured unimaginable tragedy (losing 18 members of her family) and degradation through sexual enslavement to ISIS. But she has fought back.This inspiring memoir takes us from her peaceful childhood in a remote village in Iraq through loss and brutality to safety in Germany. Courage and testimony can change the world: this is one of those books.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Biographies Davis (Central) Library Biographies Biographies B MUR Available T00803844
Total holds: 0

"First published in the United States in 2017 by Tim Duggan Books"--Title page verso.

A Nobel Peace Prize nominee and the first Goodwill Ambassador the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking of the United Nations and winner of the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize, Nadia Murad is a courageous young woman who has endured unimaginable tragedy (losing 18 members of her family) and degradation through sexual enslavement to ISIS. But she has fought back.This inspiring memoir takes us from her peaceful childhood in a remote village in Iraq through loss and brutality to safety in Germany. Courage and testimony can change the world: this is one of those books.

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