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by Halima Bashir (Author), Damien Lewis (Author)
"[Halima Bashir's] mesmerizing tale of against-all-odds endurance is a piercing lament--and a clear-eyed call to action."--Vogue
"This memoir helps keep the Darfur tragedy open as a wound not yet healed."--Elie Wiesel, author of Night
"This is a brave book. And a valuable one. Halima's story of the atrocities and immeasurable losses she has endured must be told."--Mia Farrow, actor and advocate "Vivid, poignant and brutally candid . . . Tears of the Desert is that rarest of literary endeavors, not just a book you read but a book you experience."--The Washington Post Book World
"An extraordinary memoir . . . Halima Bashir's bravery contrasts with the world's fecklessness and failures."--Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times
"Searing . . . Tears of the Desert gives voice to the unspeakable."--USA Today "Powerful, harrowing and brave."--The Economist "A luminous tale of growing up in rural Darfur . . . a wonderful and moving African memoir."--The New York Review of Books
Author Biography
Halima Bashir lives with her husband and son in England, where she continues to speak out about the violence in Sudan.
Damien Lewis has spent the last twenty years reporting from war zones in Africa, with a particular focus and expertise in Sudan. His reporting from Darfur won the BBC One World Award. He is the internationally bestselling co-author of Slave, winner of the Index on Censorship Book Award.
Number of Pages: 352
Dimensions: 0.76 x 8.02 x 5.18 IN
Publication Date: September 29, 2009
