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No lipstick in Lebanon / Paul Timblick with Fasika Sorssa.
Desperate to create her own destiny, and drawn by the irresistible possibility of earning real dollars as a maid in Beirut, Meron Lemma leaves her devout mother and family behind to join the many other Habesha migrants searching for a better life in the Middle East. Only once there does she realise the ugly truth: instead of opportunity, she has found captivity. Rich in cultural detail and exposing the ongoing, under-reported horrors facing domestic workers in Lebanon today, this is a harrowing account of the unremitting hell of modern slavery. Told through the escalating plight of our heroine, this is not just a fictionalized report of one maid's ordeal, but rather the uncovering of a larger issue plaguing a generation of women.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781783521081
- Physical Description: 404 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: London : Unbound, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Smithers Public Library | F TIM (Text) | 35101000485032 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
