by Zana Muhsen, Andrew Crofts · Warner Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780751509519
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«Sold» is the autobiography of Zana Muhsen, written with Andrew Crofts and published by Warner Books in paperback (240 pages, in English).
Zana and her sister Nadia, British women of Yemeni origin, travel to Yemen believing they will have a holiday. On arrival they discover they have been sold into marriage and are kept in an environment without running water, with beatings and unassisted childbirths. After eight years of suffering, Zana manages to escape, but Nadia remains in Yemen.
The subtitle is «One Woman's True Account of Modern Slavery». The work was originally published in 1991 and this edition is updated.
A title for those interested in real-life accounts of survival, women's rights and contemporary slavery.
Zana Muhsen, is a British author known for her book Sold: Story of Modern-day Slavery and its follow-up A Promise to Nadia. The books narrate the experiences that she and her sister Nadia Muhsen went through after they were sold into marriage by their father, Muthanna Muhsen, a Yemeni émigré.
