Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad
Book Review: Brilliant
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a book sure to stick in your mind. This is the autobiography of Waris Dirie, who grew up as a desert nomad in Somalia, suffered female genital mutilation, and became an international model and United Nations ambassador. Waris proves to be headstrong and smart, with a deep sense of who she is and where she comes from. She's the best heroine you could find, and best of all - she's real. (A+)Book Review: To Waris with love...
Summary: 5 Stars
To Waris Dirie, the most amazing story of a womans life...The most fantastic story I have ever read!!! I cried.... over and over again.
First I cried because of the faboulous descriptions of the remarcable desert, the tough life as a nomad and naturally the terrible circumsision.
Then I was amazed over the willpower and guts of that little girl, leaving her parents, everything she knew, for the unknown, for a dream she didn't even really know she had.
This is the story of a fighter, the toughest woman I have ever heard of!
Waris, You, and Your work inspire me.
Thank You for what you are doing.
Book Review: Extraordinary
Summary: 5 Stars
Cheers to Waris for writing her extraordinary life story for the rest of us to read! It took such courage to write, but I am sure is going a LONG way to ease and prevent some of the suffering of African women/girls.This book is a quick read (I could not put it down for 2 days) and shockingly memorable. I have a new empathy and respect for the Somali refugee women that abound in the Pacific Northwest. These women are undoubtedly fighters like Waris, and continue to fight private struggles that I would never have known about.
Thank you, Waris.
Book Review: Extremely touching
Summary: 5 Stars
This book has opened up a whole new world to me. I have read both of Waris's books. There are ways of life and cultures that I have never heard of before. This woman had an amazing struggle just to live. The pain of FGM when she was 5, Having to run away beacause your father wanted to sell you into marriage for 3 camels! This is real, people live like this. Waris went from being a desert nomad to being a model in the western world. Talk about culture shock. Hers is an incredibe story about life and love and the struggles we face. After reading Her books I was so interested that I went on to read "Do They Hear You When You Cry" and "Western Dress Bound Feet" I became so incensed that I continued not only to read more about this type of subject matter, but I also joined Equality Now and am trying to inform my peers of situations other than where we live. I would recommend this book and any like it to everyone and anyone. Read about the world and learnBook Review: This Book Has An Important Message
Summary: 4 Stars
I don't think it matters that this book is not "world-class" literature. Waris Dirie has a wonderful story, full of hardship, striving, and pain. But due to her continual striving, she has made a success of her life, in spite of the odds. Her experiences meant something to me. One of the most vivid was the description of her circumcision in the bush. This is an inspiring book, showing what can be accomplished with fortitude and a positive attitude.