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Shame
By Jasvinder Sanghera
Biography & Autobiography, General, Personal Memoirs, Religion, Social Science, Sociology, Marriage & Family | 320 pages
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A new edition of the bestselling memoir Shame, including additional content from the author updating her story to the present day.
When she was fourteen, Jasvinder Sanghera was shown a photo of the man chosen to be her husband. She was terrified. She'd witnessed the torment her sisters endured in their arranged marriages, so she ran away from home, grief-stricken when her parents disowned her. Shame is the heart-rending true story of a young girl's attempt to escape from a cruel, claustrophobic world where family honour mattered more than anything - sometimes more than life itself. Jasvinder's story is one of terrible oppression, a harrowing struggle against a punitive code of honour - and, finally, triumph over adversity.
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"Jasvinder's story is one of terrible oppression. Her parents want to her to have a arranged marriage. She knows how awful it was for her sisters, she cannot go through with it and decides to run away. It's a harrowing struggle against a punitive code of honour.
I can relate to Jasvinder's story as my father was so strict and wanted me to have a arranged marriage. I was lucky that he understood my fears and I had the freedom of choice to marry whoever I wanted. Jaswinder did not have the choice nor freedom. It is a story of triumph over adversity. She did have the freedom she so desired when she left the clutches of her strict family"
I can relate to Jasvinder's story as my father was so strict and wanted me to have a arranged marriage. I was lucky that he understood my fears and I had the freedom of choice to marry whoever I wanted. Jaswinder did not have the choice nor freedom. It is a story of triumph over adversity. She did have the freedom she so desired when she left the clutches of her strict family"
