Sold: One Woman's True Account of Modern Slavery

by Zana Muhsen, Andrew Crofts, Andrew Crofts

Book Overview

Zana Muhsen, born and bred in Birmingham, is of Yemeni origin. When her father told her she was to spend a holiday with relatives in North Yemen, she jumped at the chance. Aged 15 and 13 respectively,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316909564
• ISBN13: 9780316909563
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Amazingly Moving: A Must Read

I first encountered this book when a friend told me how great it was, and that both she and her sister had read it in only two days. I was intrigued, and borrowed it from my library - and I was enthralled. Not only is this a story wonderfully written, with a great flow that never lets you get bored, it is a TRUE story, one we should all be aware of. Living in Israel, a place so close to where this has taken place, I was especially touched by this book. Zana and Nadia, two British sisters born to a Yemini father, are the third and fourth children in their family to be sold at a young age by their father to a distant, unknown village in Yemen for a certain sum of money. They are tricked, thinking they are leaving for a six-week vacation, where actually they are trapped, married at ages 15 and 16 to two Yemini boys. They are forced to work in awful conditions, have children from men they hate, take care of everyone around them, and be beaten nearly on a daily basis by their 'owners'. Zana is a fighter, however, and she does everything she can to escape from this hell and go back to England. Things like this, the awful mistreatment, slavery (not just sex-slavery) and awful living conditons, DO in fact happen in countries like Yemen, Jordan and others. This is a great way of telling a true story, and still keeping the reader glued to his seat with his eyes bulging out at the book, amazed by what he is reading. Zana Muhsen is a woman we should all admire - she was forced to change her life style and entire perception of life almost instantly. She is what kept her sister alive, the inspiration that we should all look up to for never giving up. No one should shy away from this book - it is a must.

heartbreaking

Great book! so sad, it's hard to believe that at this day and age, people are sold by their own parents. Highly recommended

Good Read

This book is very interesting and unbelievable that things like this can happen in a muslim country. How can religious men pass these two young girls as being wifes to those Yemen men without them saying 'they do' three times and how such comunities allow people to get away with this. This book is gripping and encourages the reader to read on and on until the there is a happy ending. There is still no happy ending until Nadia is freed from the Yemen with her children.

Shocked

SOLD, is a heart wrenching true story. It got me so angry what happened to Zana and her Sister in this book, not to mention the frustration that the Mother went through. To have a Father that literally SOLD his two gorgeious daughters off into a land where women are treated worse than animals, completely frustrates me. This book is amazing, Zana's journey is amazing. It makes me feel like I have nothing to complain about. It makes me greatful to have what I have.

Fab Book

This book is one of my favourite books that I have read, it is such an amazing book I would recommend this book to everyone and trust me you wont be disappointed, I read this book in 2 days and was sad because it was finished so i quickly went and bought the second part of this book which was Promise to Nadia which was great aswell. I am impatiently waiting for the next book by the same author. after you have read this you will think how lucky you are compared to other woman in this world!!! The author was great aswell as zana who this book is about, Buy it asap!!!