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control field 12883598
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control field OSt
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 075531817X
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780755318179
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)244655102
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System control number (OCoLC)ocn244655102
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency YDXCP
Transcribing agency YDXCP
Modifying agency Nz
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ahmed, Saira
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Disgraced :
Remainder of title forced to marry a stranger.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc [S.l.] :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Headline Review,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2008
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent p.
Dimensions cm.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Brought up in a stiflingly traditional Muslim household inEngland, where the rules are enforced by violent punishments, Saira is watched 24 hours a day. Cut off from modern life, chaperoned to and from school, she is forbidden to have western friends. When an innocent friendship with a boy flourishes, one of Saira's brothers finds out and she is put on the first plane toLahore, punished for dishonouring the family. There the nightmare really begins - Saira is forced to marry a stranger who makes it clear that all he wants from her is sex and a visa. After a hair-raising escape back toEngland, she eventually returns to the family home, but as a virtual slave. Refusing to be beaten, she escapes once more, but with her parents in financial trouble and with one of her brothers running up huge drug debts, Saira is forced to earn money the only way she can: by selling her body. Wracked with shame and guilt at having fallen into prostitution, Saira hits rock bottom, marries again and has a daughter who is the light of her life. Her husband, however, reveals himself to be a brutally violent bully.After one beating too many, Saira flees with her baby daughter and sets about the harrowing ordeal of re-building their shattered lives. is the heart-breaking true tale of a girl who had the courage to break free. It is a story of escape, adventure and survival told by a woman who has finally discovered her true voice.
600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ahmed, Saira.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Forced marriage.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Family violence.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Abused women
General subdivision Biography.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Muslim women
General subdivision Biography.
Geographic subdivision Great Britain
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Non-Fiction
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total Renewals Full call number Barcode Date last seen Date checked out Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type Public note
    Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan Non Fiction Waimate Waimate Located at Event Centre 04/12/2008 ALLB All Books New Zealand 34.00 4 362.829 AHM A00500937 16/02/2022 09/02/2022 34.00 02/12/2008 Non-Fiction Not For Loan
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