Authors: Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller Year: 1998 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Biographies, Non Fiction, Memoirs
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ISBNs: 9780688172374 0688172377 |
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Waris Dirie ran away from her oppressive life in the African desert when she was barely in her teens, illiterate and impoverished, with nothing to her name but a tattered shawl. She traveled alone across the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu -- the first leg of a remarkable journey that would take her to London, where she worked as a house servant; then to nearly every corner of the globe as an internationally renowned fashion model; and ultimately to New York City, where she became a human rights ambassador for the U.N. Desert Flower is her extraordinary story.
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