Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl |
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| Title: | Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl |
| Author: | Virginia Lee Barnes (Contributor)
Janice Boddy (Contributor) |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Type: | Book / Paperback |
| Publication Date: | 29 August, 1995 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0679762094 / 9780679762096 |
| List Price: | $16.95 |
| You Save: | $5.42 |
| Amazon Price: | $11.53 |
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Editorial Review / Publisher's Information:
Product Description
This is the extraordinary first-person account of a young woman's coming of age in Somalia and her struggles against the obligations and strictures of family and society. By the time she is nine, Aman has undergone a ritual circumcision ceremony; at eleven, her innocent romance with a white boy leads to a murder; at thirteen she is given away in an arranged marriage to a stranger. Aman eventually runs away to Mogadishu, where her beauty and rebellious spirit leads her to the decadent demimonde of white colonialists. Hers is a world in which women are both chattel and freewheeling entrepreneurs, subject to the caprices of male relatives, yet keenly aware of the loopholes that lead to freedom. Aman is an astonishing history, opening a window onto traditional Somali life and the universal quest for female self-awareness.
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Customer Reviews:
• An Interesting Story, But Not Well Written
14 April, 2007
If you are looking for well written literature, this is not you.
It has some interesting cultural observations, but it is important not to generalise that the cultural practices described in this book are true of all Somali women.
I have known, and been friends with, a number of Somali women who have not experienced the horrific practices described in this book.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Don't Miss It
07 March, 2003
I began reading this book for a research project and became enraptured. It will transport you to the time and place Aman speaks of. Not only did i fall in love with her story and the charaters in the story, but two years later, many of the historical facts and truths of somalia have really stuck with me. Poignant and at times painful, this book is unforgatable and enlightening.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Aman Is A True Story Of A Somalian Girl
07 May, 2003
Aman takes you through all the good and bad traditions of her country! If you like to travel to Somalia but you can never make it, read this book!
- Amazon Customer Review
• Really Good Book!
21 January, 2010
This book was written so well that you could almost taste and smell Amans surroundings.
Aman is an amazing peek into the lives of Somali women.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Pretty Good
11 June, 2008
I love the book one of my favorites but it took quite a while to get there. Other than that, I am pleased.
- Amazon Customer Review
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