{"product_id":"the-girl-with-three-legs-a-memoir-9781569767139","title":"The Girl with Three Legs: A Memoir","description":"When Soraya Mir  was thirteen years old, the girls on the playground would taunt her, saying she could not play with them--not as long as she walked with three legs. Confused and hurt, she went to her mother, who mysteriously responded that the time had come for Soraya to receive her gift. Mir  too soon discovers the horror of the \"gift,\" female genital mutilation (FGM), whereby a young girl's healthy organs are chopped off not only to make her acceptable to a future husband but also to rein in her \"wildness.\"In \u003ci\u003eThe Girl with Three Legs, \u003c\/i\u003eSoraya Mir  reveals what it means to grow up in a traditional Somali family, where girls' and women's basic human rights are violated on a daily basis. A victim of FGM and an arranged marriage to an abusive cousin, Mir  was also witness to the instability of Somalia's political landscape: her father was a general for the military dictator Mohamed Siad Barre, and her family moved in the inner circles of Somalia's elite. In her journey to recover from the violence done to her, Mir  realizes FGM is the ultimate child abuse, a ritual of mutilation handed down from mother to daughter and protected by the word \"culture.\" Mir 's tale is a dramatic chronicle of the personal challenges she overcame, a testament to the empowerment of women, and a firsthand account of the violent global oppression of women and girls. Despite the horror she experienced, her words resonate with hope, humanity, and dignity. Her life story is one of inspiration and redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Hill Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781569767139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2011 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Soraya Mir\u0026#233;","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43228336750773,"sku":"9781569767139","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2d45927c-9d7a-4067-a9fd-f0d870c63140.jpg?v=1698724666","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-girl-with-three-legs-a-memoir-9781569767139","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}