An American bride in Kabul : a memoir / Phyllis Chesler

Author:: Chesler, Phyllis
Published:: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Edition:: First Edition.
Physical Description:: xiii, 235 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Contents:

In Afghanistan. From Brooklyn to Kabul ; The imprisoned bride ; Burqas ; Harem days ; My mother-in-law ; Trapped ; Escape -- In America. Home in America ; My Afghan family arrives in America ; The Jews of Afghanistan ; 9/11 ; 9/11/11 ; America in Afghanistan ; Hard lessons.

Summary:

A crusader for women's and human rights shares her experiences in 1961 as the wife of an Afghan college student, who, once back in Afghanistan, reverted to traditional and tribal customs, trapping her in a posh polygamous family.

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ISBN:

9780230342217 (alk. paper)
0230342213 (alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-230) and index.

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