Book description
Bestselling author Jean Sasson tells the dramatic true story of a
young woman caught up in Saddam Hussein's genocide of the Kurdish
people of Iraq.
One morning Joanna, a young bride living in the Kurdish mountains of
Iraq, was surprised to see dead birds drop silently out of the clear
sky. They were followed by sinister canisters falling to the ground,
bringing fear and death.
It was 1987, and Saddam Hussein had ordered his cousin 'Chemical
Ali' to bombard Joanna's village, Bergalou, with chemical weapons.
Temporarily blinded in the attack, Joanna was rescued by her husband,
a Kurdish freedom fighter. After being caught in another bombardment
and left for dead in the rubble, they managed to flee over the
mountains in a harrowing escape.
Now living in the UK and working for British Airways, Joanna has
told the story of her eventful life to Jean Sasson, the bestselling
chronicler of oppressed women's lives in the Princess trilogy
and Mayada. Love in a Torn Land is published while the
world watches the trial of the notorious 'Chemical Ali', Saddam
Hussein's most bloodthirsty henchman, for crimes including the
genocide of the Kurdish people.
Jean Sasson is the author of the worldwide bestsellers
Princess, Daughters of Arabia, Desert Royal and
Mayada, Daughter of Iraq. She lived in Saudi Arabia for
twelve years before moving back to the USA in 1990. She has recently
returned to live in the Middle East.
For more information on Jean Sasson and her books, see her website
at www. jeansasson. com
