Burned Alive: A Survivor of an Honor Killing Speaks Out

The harrowing memoir of a seventeen year-old girl who survives her family's attempt to kill her.

A young Jordanian woman became pregnant after a brief love affair. The shame drove her family to commit an "honor crime", dousing her with gasoline and setting her on fire.

Burned Alive chronicles her miraculous survival; surviving with critical burns, escaping Jordan, and building a new life for herself.

Author: Souad
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 05/01/2005
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.06w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9780446694872