num_pages: 289
description: When she was fourteen, Jasvinder Sanghera was shown a photo of the man chosen to be her husband. She was terrified. She'd witnessed the torment her sisters endured in their arranged marriages, so she ran away from home, grief-stricken when her parents disowned her. Shame" is the heart-rending true story of a young girl's attempt to escape from a cruel, claustrophobic world where family honour mattered more than anything -- sometimes more than life itself. Jasvinder's story is one of terrible oppression, a harrowing struggle against a punitive code of honour -- and, finally, triumph over adversity.
language: English
title: Shame
titlecomplete: Shame
genres: True Crime, Asian Literature, Womens, Autobiography, Memoir, Biography, Abuse, Biography Memoir, Nonfiction, Family
ratings_count: 1653
publisher: Hodder & Stoughton