Breakaway
Subtitle: how I survived abuse
By: Nadia Sahari
Publisher: Pink Butterfly Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Austin, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780982041307
Subjects: Adult child abuse victims; Adult child sexual abuse victims; Child sexual abuse; Biography; Marital violence
Description: Nadia Sahari tells the remarkable, true story of her early life.  Ms. Sahari was born in Lebanon to Arab parents who were Shia Muslims.  Breakaway, her sensational journey through abuse, lifts the veil on her struggle for freedom.  Until her early twenties, she was a victim of many abuses, including molestation, repeated beatings, rape, kidnapping and several attempts on her life.  Miraculously she survived.  Through it all she clung to her dream to be an actress.  She never gave up.  Her life story will bring hope and courage to abused women and children everywhere.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Acknowledgements; title: Horizons; title: Part one:  Stolen childhood; title: Part two:  Teenage trials; title: Part three:  Marital wars; title: Part four:  Moving on.