A Life Less Ordinary: A Memoir
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When she was very young, Baby Halder was abandoned by her mother and left with a cruel, abusive father. She was married off at twelve to a man twice her age who beat her. At fourteen, she was a mother... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0061255815
ISBN13:9780061255816
Release Date:April 2007
Publisher:Harper
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"
Customer Reviews
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Important book, important topic.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I read this book in basically one sitting. It was a page-turner, in that I had to keep reading to find out how it would end. "End" is a funny word for the ending because the author Baby Halder is still so young with a long life ahead of her. This is a phenomenal book, not just because it tells Baby's story, but because it tells a story that millions of women around the world share. And we need to hear this story. And what makes it more phenomenal is that the author was able to break free from abuse and poverty to write an internationally published book and share her story of a life less ordinary. I spent much of the book wondering how I could've dealt with the loss of my mother or the tolerated murder of my sister or the unimagineable thought of my 12 year old daughter getting married and having children, or if I would've had the courage to get on a train with my children and nothing more to try to find a better life. An issue with the writing in this book is that the author frequently switches from 1st to 3rd person, but I looked at it like less of a grammatical error and more of the author speaking in 3rd person when the topic was very painful. I really highly recomend this book.
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