Born in the Big Rains

Born in the Big Rains
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Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : 9781558616226
ISBN-13 : 1558616225
Rating : 4/5 (225 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Born in the Big Rains by : Fadumo Korn

Download or read book Born in the Big Rains written by Fadumo Korn and published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “impassioned, beautifully written memoir” by a survivor of female circumcision is a “brutally honest” story of tragedy and triumph (Publishers Weekly). As a nomad, Fadumo Korn freely roamed the wild steppes of her native Somalia until her mother delivered her into the hands of an “excisor” to become a woman in the eyes of her tribe by undergoing female genital cutting. But serious complications brought on by the circumcision would force her to leave her home on a journey of survival and self-discovery. Fadumo first traveled to the bustling city of Mogadishu and the household of a wealthy uncle, a brother of the Somali president. There, she entered a world of luxury underpinned by political instability and cruelty in a country eager for rebellion. As her symptoms worsened, she journeyed to Germany, where she received not only therapy but love and acceptance in the most unlikely of places. With this “courageous . . . indispensable testament,” Fadumo Korn weaves together a sensitive understanding of traditional practices with revelations about their disturbing effects. Full of sorrow and surprising humor, Born in the Big Rains provides a candid history of a life sculpted by crippling rheumatism and an unexpected path to recovery (Elfriede Jelinek, 2004 Nobel Laureate in Literature).


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