Customer Reviews
Haunting - By: Jack Baxi, 21 Sep 2008 
The most tragic, haunting book ive ever read. Completed itin a day. Reached into my soul & almost tore it out. This womans story is incredible. Her fight for survival & for life.
How there are still peoplein the world who stoop to such depravity is beyone me.
For a truly emotional tale, it does not get any better than this.
haunting eyes - By: K. M. Naylor, 11 Sep 2008 I read Sold afew years ago & i could not get it out of my head.I cried when i read it.I've since read Zana's second book & i'm still intrigued what happend to Nadia.You read the book & you want to go Yemen yourself & rescue her.The poor soul.You do not think it happensin this day of age.I've now got "Without Mercy",the mothers story of events.I do not want to glorify a wrong situation but the courage of Nadia to stick by her children & the families determination to get her home.A very sad story which i hope will never be repeated.
couldn't put it down - By: E. Fox, 06 May 2008 The book is very well written. I read the whole thingin one day, i felt like i was there living the nightmare with Nadia & Zana & my heart completly went out to both of them.
A true insight & eye opener to modern day slavery a book that will have you wanting to know more ...
Couldn't put this book down,,,,,,, gripping read - By: S. D. Williams, 31 Mar 2008 I read this book within two days, I just couldn't put it down & when I had to I did so rather grudgingly!
It is a true story, & I remember the publicity when it actually happened. Its a shocking story & I find it so hard to believe that women are still livingin this way, it made me so glad to be British livingin this century.
One of the reviewers commented on the poor writing but I actually thought it was very cleverly written. It was coloquial but I think that may have been the authors intention, it gave the impression that you were sitting with Zana, actually hearing her tell her story.
This book comes highly recommended!
This book had me sold. - By: KAT, 10 Mar 2007 Zana Muhsen & her sister Nadia were thrilled when they learned that their father had paid for them to go on the trip of a life time. Faraway from their native Birmingham, they'd have two blissfull weeks of Sea, sand, & spectacular viewsin their fathers yemeni homeland. Due to legal discrepancies concerning the then 14 year old Nadia, Zana, 15 went on ahead of her little sister. Expecting blissful views, bare-back dessert camel rides & tropical seas - what she got was the shock of her life. On arrivingin the desolate far away land Zana discovered to her horror that her father had literally sold herself & her sister into marriage & that, unable to warn her sister of her impending doom, they were now helplessly trapped! They suffered rape, several beatings & the terrifying ordeal of Child Birthin the raw with no pain relief or hospital care.
It took eight long torturous years for Zana to escape her life of hell, but when she touched back down on to English soil the world was desperate to hear her story. An now here it is,in her own words. This is a remarkable true story of one families fight against red tape, racism & beaurocracy. It is a story that left nations divided, a family torn apart & two cultures to clash head long into each other.
Sadly, though Zana finally made it home, her story does not have a happy ending. Sadly, Nadia did not manage to escape, & Zana was forced to leave her baby behind. (Her story is continuedin 'A Promise To Nadia')
This story is utterly unbelievable, how one person can be so callous & unappologetic as their father, selling his own flesh & blood into a live of slavery. But while this book is painful & tremendously tear-jerking to read it make you appreciate how lucky you are to livein a civilization where you have free-will. It really shows you the other side of life, the power of hope, love & belief & above all the strength of the human spirit.
