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# A Father's Betrayal

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## Customer Reviews

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    Brutal Portrayal of an Unimaginable Life!
  

*by N***T on Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2019*

I thoroughly enjoyed this biography, even as it was written in the Author's voice, however unedited! It was actually refreshing to read and created an odd sort of connection that made the author real to me, made her and her story come alive in my imagination as I read her accounts, made her various family members real as well with the whole range of emotions as you read!I can't imagine the cultural shock of her and her sisters going from a British upbringing in a modern society to the restrictive environment they found themselves in! On one hand, the author may have been able to adapt slightly better being younger; as clearly the older sister rebelled in the ultimate way - choosing suicide than the life that awaited her. My heart broke for the girl Manu.I'm glad she stood up to her dad, which forced the hand in her getting out of there. She'd clearly been wishing and dreaming for it and was scared to do anything about it; yet this really was the breaking point - die if she stuck around; die trying to escape; try to escape, get caught and die/get killed anyway most likely; or try to escape and she just might make it! Up til the end you hold your breathe if she's gonna make it.Her story really shed light on how girls and women are treated in other areas of the world that most Westerners really can't begin to imagine! To go from 60's/70's England and all the freedoms girls and women world wide were experiencing then being abruptly moved to a remote village that had no running water, no electricity, no plumbing, pure survival in the middle of nowhere and no hope but to maybe marry a 'nice' guy! She was extremely lucky in her first marriage, with mutual love and adoration and even love and support of his family! It was tragic when he died! To go from the love she'd found to the brutal, cruel, abusive guy she was forced to marry...!The end was very abrupt and very unsatisfying. It left so many questions and loose ends! I'd have loved for it to have had a epilogue where it told of her integration back into British society, how she was able to raise her kids, how the reunion with her former foster Dad/family went, and what happened to all the extended family members she wrote extensively about - her sister Yas, Nebat, the little cousin, the absent husband, the obsessed dad, the boyfriend left behind, the extended family members... Reading so much about them, you almost feel like you know them, they're real people with personalities and character - what happened to them all?  Thanks to google and a number of British online news links, I was able to answer the most pressing questions; but still felt her story was left incomplete in that sense.The crazy thing is that the foster dad tried to protect them and keep them, he went up against the authorities who all turned a blind eye to him! If only they'd taken him seriously then these girls would not have had to experience such atrocities! Yet now she's an avid advocate and her experiences strengthen the argument against child marriages, having experienced it so fully...

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    A very special book
  

*by D***A on Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2015*

The true story of Muna and her sisters tell of the everyday basic sacrifices, struggles & abuses they suffer both as children and as adult women. It was awe inspiring to even comprehend Muna could ever laugh much less have hope of a better future as she dreamed of freedom in England from seemingly inescapable situations. Muna & her sisters labored in the hardest of environments in a tiny isolated village in Yemen were they lived without running water, electricity, proper medical care, or basic human rights for females. Reading the parts about how bread was cooked in the clay oven and meals prepared was worth the cost of the book alone. The poor girls even had to wade waist deep in a barrel of goat & sheep dung to mix it up to make round fuel patties for the cooking stove.The girls were abused by their father & paternal grandfather. Muna was sold into marriage at 13. She underwent a lifetime of tragedy. She is one of the bravest & most special women I have ever been honored to read about or hear about. Since reading this book, I've searched on Gabriella Gillespie, the Author, and been following her brave outreach work on Twitter & in UK news articles. She is bringing her story public to spotlight child brides & female abuse. I wish her & her beautiful family continued success & Good Wishes. I can't wait for a follow-up book.THIS BOOK is certainly a must read!!!!! It will touch your heart & soul!!!

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    Graphic and Detailed
  

*by C***R on Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2017*

An interesting story, and though excessively detailed, the memoir remains unverified.Gabriella Gillespie, Muna, reveals the betrayal her father perpetrated upon her and her sisters.  After murdering their mother, Mary, their father, Ali Safeh Yafai, surreptitiously planned a trip for his three younger daughters to travel to Yemen, his native country.  Only the eldest sister, Ablah, who is seventeen, stays in New South Wales with their foster parents, who urge the sisters not to leave the country.  Once in Yemen, the three sisters are told the truth by their father’s family; that he planned their marriages, and they would live in Yemen permanently.The terrified, young, teen-aged, girls rebel however their family easily restricts their movements. Soon, their father joins his family.  The sisters suffer deprivation, slave labor, and physical abuse.The book contains numerous grammatical errors.

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