- ISBN:
- 9780670078165
- 9780670078165
- Category:
- Biography: general
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 25-02-2015
- Publisher:
- Penguin Australia Pty Ltd
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions (mm):
- 232x153x25mm
- Weight:
- 0.46kg
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Reviews
3 Reviews
The most confronting, sad and compelling book I have for some time. I could not put it down. Beautifully and sensitively written. I am a huge fan of Kooshyar Karami. This is a must read for everyone.
This was a heart wrenching book from the very beginning. Confronting and challenging! A real insight to the life of woman under Muslim law, and the courageous effort some people go to do the right thing regardless of the cost.
Leila’s Secret is a true story of immense courage and conviction against a brutal regime.
Told from the point of view of Kooshyar Karmi - The Doctor - and Leila - one of his patients - it recounts tales of true love, dishonesty and deceit which lead to Kooshyar performing hundreds of illegal abortions in the strictly controlled sharia Islamic state. When Leila meets The Doctor she is strong, passionate and intelligent, but is she able to fight against everything she has been taught in order to survive?
I flipped the pages of this book late into the night, desperate to find out more about Leila and horrified by the stories told by The Doctor’s patients. I was reminded just how lucky I am to be born in this country, and how truly, very little separated Leila and I. Hers is a story that I won’t forget, that I can’t forget.
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