powerful and moving
the synopsis supplied by the site is quite sufficient to round up the story, but to read the book is an entirely different experience. An essential read for any woman looking for a new perspective on life. This book is a descriptive and enveloping autobiography, whose author embellishes nothing, and tells in plain language her harrowing yet uplifting story. Waris Dirie holds nothing back, and the graphic detail of her life experiences is captured in Desert Flower. The reader will never be the same; I know I wasn't.
