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A Gift from Darkness: How I Escaped with my Daughter from Boko Haram (Paperback)
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A Gift from Darkness: How I Escaped with my Daughter from Boko Haram (Paperback)

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Paperback 288 Pages / Published: 06/04/2017
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Synopsis
When Patience Ibrahim's husband died, she feared that her life was over. She had prayed every night for a baby to complete her family, and suddenly she found herself a nineteen-year-old widow, alone in the world. But when she fell in love again, a happy future seemed possible. Patience married once more , and was overjoyed to discover that she was pregnant.A few days later, everything fell apart. Men from Boko Haram arrived at her door, killing Patience's new husband and kidnapping her. This is the incredible true story of her and her baby daughter's survival, against all the odds.

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9781408708958
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 380 g
Dimensions: 230 x 152 x 21 mm

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“Fascinating, Sad Story.”


This is the story of Patience, who in her short life has experienced and witnessed things that no-one should be exposed to. This is not a fictional story, it is the account of a young girls life, told by Patience and... More

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28th January 2018
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