Married by force
By: Leila with Marie-Thérèse Cuny ; translated by Sue Rose
Contributors: Cuny, Marie-Thérèse
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Charnwood
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781846177330
Subjects: Marriage; Forced marriage; Muslim women; Biography; Wife abuse; Moroccans; Social conditions; Large type books
Work titles: Mariée de force
Description: "I was twenty years old and dreamed of marrying for love." Leila was born and brought up in France by Moroccan-born parents. But her romantic dreams were shattered when she was forced by her father to marry a man she'd never met, fifteen years older than her, and whose language she couldn't understand. The husband she didn't love beat her regularly in an attempt to force her into submission. But, with extraordinary courage, Leila fought back against the weight of family tradition to regain her liberty and dignity; and though it put her life in danger, she left her husband and later divorced him.
Notes: Originally published: London: Portrait, 2006.

Translated from the French.