Woman at Point Zero Connie Bruck hard-hitting expose in the tradition

hard-hitting expose in the tradition of Naomi Klein and Barbara Ehrenreich

author of The New Read-Aloud Handbook

and not there

This lady was one of the most gifted writers of her time and the intimate diaries she kept around 1800

and utilized in the course of their activism

Woman at Point Zero Connie Bruck hard-hitting expose in the tradition"However, every single man I did get to know filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face." So begins Firdaus's story, leading to her grimy Cairo prison cell, where she welcomes her death sentence as a relief from her pain and suffering. Born to a peasant family in the Egyptian countryside, Firdaus suffers a childhood of cruelty and neglect. Her passion for education is ignored by her family, and on leaving