Desert Flower. The Extraordinary Life of a Desert Nomad by Dirie, Waris - 1998

VIRAGO PRESS, 1998. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Little, Brown Book Group Limited. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

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Little, Brown Book Group Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Little, Brown Book Group Limited. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Virago Press Ltd, 1998. Paperback. Used: Acceptable. Waris Dirie's story puts "rags to riches" to shame. The "Desert Flower" started life as one of 12 children of a Somali nomad family, a people with no written culture, where the basic unit of currency is the camel. Faced at 12 with the prospect of marriage to a 60-year-old man she didn't know, she broke all the rules and ran away, surviving a traumatic trek across the desert to end up in London, as a maid to the Somalian Ambassador. It was in McDonalds that her striking beauty was "discovered", leading to a career in modelling and another as an ardent campaigner against female genital mutilation (circumcision). As a novel it would be unbelievable, as Waris survives circumcision, rape, arranged marriage, a lion attack--you name it, she's lived through it. But the book is remarkable less for its deliberately dramatic set pieces, and more for its haunting evocation of the little told life of Somalian nomads,… Read More

Virago, London, 2001. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: photographic. illustrated with 8 pages of black-and-white photography. The author has a remarkable woman who leads a double life – by day she is an internationally the model and a spokesperson on women's rights in Africa – and that night she dreams of her home in native Somalia. Size: Trade Paperback. [10,], 238, [8] pages in photographic illustrated trade paperback. There is no damage to describe. The book does not appear to have been read.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Africa; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 1860496067. ISBN/EAN: 9781860496066. Inventory No: 0246231. . 9781860496066

London: Virago, 2001. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Virago, Great Britain, 2003. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Waris Dirie, whose name means "desert flower", was born in Somalia of nomadic parents. She underwent extreme female circumcision at the age of five, and when she was 13 her father sold her into marriage with a 60-year-old for five camels, at which time she ran away. She was discovered by a fashion photographer in the United States whilst working as a janitor at McDonald's, and became a model who has been used to promote Revlon skin-care products. She also speaks on women's rights in Africa and travels the world to give lectures on behalf of the UN. This is her autobiography. 369 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 1860496067. ISBN/EAN: 9781860496066. Inventory No: 262473. . 9781860496066