具體描述
Waris Dirie leads a double life -- by day, she is an international supermodel and human rights ambassador for the United Nations; by night, she dreams of the simplicity of life in her native Somalia and the family she was forced to leave behind. Desert Flower, her intimate and inspiring memoir, is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered about the beauty of African life, the chaotic existence of a supermodel, or the joys of new motherhood. Waris was born into a traditional Somali family, desert nomads who engaged in such ancient and antiquated customs as genital mutilation and arranged marriage. At twelve, she fled an arranged marriage to an old man and traveled alone across the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu -- the first leg of an emotional journey that would take her to London as a house servant, around the world as a fashion model, and eventually to America, where she would find peace in motherhood and humanitarian work for the U.N. Today, as Special Ambassador for the U.N., she travels the world speaking out against the barbaric practice of female genital mutilation, promoting women's reproductive rights, and educating people about the Africa she fled -- but still deeply loves. Desert Flower will be published simultaneously in eleven languages throughout the world and is currently being produced as a feature film by Rocket Pictures UK.
著者簡介
華利斯•迪裏，索馬裏牧羊女齣身，十三歲穿越重重險阻走齣非洲，其間險些葬身獅口，曆盡艱辛之後終於柳暗花明，進入歐美時尚界，成為世界名模，繼而成為聯閤國人權特使。2004年入籍奧地利。
圖書目錄
讀後感
因为喜欢《沙漠之花》这部电影，便找了同名书来看，没想到书比电影更好看。 电影着重于“割礼”，书的内容比较具体，详细的述说了华莉丝.迪里在不同时期的生活状态。因看过电影的缘故，我的注意力没有集中在“割礼”上。 读完，如鲠在喉。好些片段让人揪心。比如：华莉丝通过拍...
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用戶評價
a great book that opens another door to me
评分the book show me the whole world of fashion, but that's not the point, it is Waris Dirie's life stories which consisted of dangers and struggles and finally she became stronger that touch me. Not only did she made life abundant and happy but she also helped a lot of other African women to get rid of the suffering of circumcision.
评分說不清是事件本身的震撼還是敘事者的文筆瞭……很動人……
评分incredibly touching
评分這是一本很有緣分的書。好幾年前的時候，看過電影的影評，但是不知道是什麼電影。後來，去年老師說要讀一本英文小說，就去圖書館裏僅有的少數外文圖書裏麵找。因為都是大寫，所以就隨便拿瞭一本。正好就是這一本，打開看瞭一下介紹的時候，發現居然是這本，二話不說就去登記瞭????。每天斷斷續續的讀完瞭，真的覺得Dirie.很大膽，她的這種心態與勇氣可能是我永遠學不來的吧！很少看人物傳記，所以，這是我目前看到的最好的，感覺最真實的。後麵寫這個report的時候，寫瞭好幾頁的英文稿。寫完之後纔發現。。。老師說隻需要200詞左右????。很愛這本書
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