{"product_id":"9781783521630","title":"No Lipstick in Lebanon","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeron Lemma couldn't know there was a fate worse than wasting away as a poor teenager in the Ethiopian slum where she was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesperate to create her own destiny, and drawn by the irresistible possibility of earning real dollars as a maid in Beirut, Meron leaves her devout mother and family behind to join the many other Habesha migrants searching for a better life in the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly once there does she realise the ugly truth: instead of opportunity, she has found captivity. Instead of freedom, subordination. Trapped and mistreated by the harsh Madame, Meron lives in constant fear – fear of the daily onslaught of Madame's vicious spite; of her cruel and callous daughters; of the sexual advances of her predatory son; and most of all, fear of losing her sense of self... her Habesha spirit... even her life.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich in cultural detail and exposing the ongoing, under-reported horrors facing domestic workers in Lebanon today, \u003ci\u003eNo Lipstick in Lebanon\u003c\/i\u003e is a harrowing account of the unremitting hell of modern slavery. Told through the escalating plight of our heroine, this is not just a fictionalised report of one maid's ordeal, but rather the uncovering of a larger issue plaguing a generation of women.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140132487408,"sku":"9781783521630","price":13.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783521630_p0.jpg?v=1763724234","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783521630","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}