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Book Review of Slave

Slave
Slave
Author: Mende Nazer, Damien Lewis
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History
Book Type: Paperback
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Excellent book. Story of how a group of Islam extremists raided a village near Sudan, killed most of the adults then took the girls, raped many of them, then sold them into slavery - in the 1990's.

One such girl was forced to sleep in an unheated "shed" while she worked long hours for a wealthy English family for many years - until her eventual rescue and escape.

The story is told in first person, compelling and was difficult to put down. It will remain on my shelf to re-read.