{"product_id":"9781908387714","title":"Shackled to my Family","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNEW, UPDATED EDITION:\u003c\/strong\u003e The 2015 updated edition, produced by popular demand from our readers has been substantially re-edited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the true story of Samina Younis, born in Britain to a strict, religious Muslim family - a family that practices the tradition of forced marriage which they brought back with them from their village in Pakistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of seven sisters and two brothers, she was a bitter disappointment to her parents who desperately wanted a son; as a result she suffered terrible physical and mental abuse at the hands of both her mother and father; later she was to fall victim to continued abuse from her very own siblings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of just sixteen, on a trip to Pakistan Samina was told that she must marry her second cousin, a boy she had met only once in her life and for whom she had no affection whatsoever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe writing of this book was Samina's only way of coming to terms with the life that she had been forced into, the mental conflict over her enduring love for a mother, now dead, who even on her deathbed was compelled to dominate and control her future. The book recounts her struggle against her family and her dramatic escape to a life of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe publishers and author wish to thank the thousands of people who have already read this book and made it such a success in raising awareness to cruel and archaic practices forced on women and men around the world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford eBooks Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043842572528,"sku":"9781908387714","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908387714_p0.jpg?v=1763621020","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908387714","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}