Burned Alive by Souad

Genre: Autobiography

Pages: 260

Time to complete: 2 days

Description:
The first true account ever published by a victim of an "honor crime," this shocking, moving, and harrowing tale has already become an international sensation.

Souad was a 17-year-old girl living in a small village in Jordan when she had the misfortune of falling in love--an emotion that would lead to an unspeakable act of violence and a lifetime of exile from her homeland. With a childhood marked by hard labor and physical abuse at the hands of her father, who is humiliated by the birth of many daughters and only one son, Souad is desperate to leave home. Enticed into a relationship with a handsome neighbor, her short-lived romance leaves her pregnant. Forbidden to marry until her older sisters find husbands and having brought shame to her family, Souad faces the only acceptable punishment: death. How her family plots to kill her, her harrowing struggle to survive burns over 90% of her body after her brother-in-law douses her with gasoline and sets her on fire, her dramatic escape from Jordan, and her resolve to build a new life for herself is a tale of heartbreaking drama and remarkable courage.

Review:
I've read a few reviews regarding this book, many state that the book is a work or fiction. I personally don't believe that, but I have no proof that it is true. Either way, the book is amazing to read. I started it, expecting to read the first chapter, put it down for a few days and come back, read another chapter, etc. But this was not the case, I couldn't put the book down (well, actually, I read the e-version, so I couldn't leave the computer.) The story is written in a way that makes it easy to read an understand. It is not the writing of a college scholar, but more of a child - simple and clear.