Author: Shelley O'ReillyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Desert Flower by Waris Dirie and Cathleen Miller
Author: Shelley O'ReillyThe Desert Flower
Author: George BarkerDesert Flower and Desert Dawn Omnibus
Author: Waris DiriePublisher: Virago Press
ISBN: 9781844081059
Category : Diplomats
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
* Inspirational, dramatic and extraordinary - the autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 5, sold in marriage at 13, who became an American model and is now at the young age of 30, the UN spokeswoman against circumcision
Desert Flower
Author: Jack FlancherDesert Flowers
Author: The Desert Flower
Author: Thora StowellDesert Dawn
Author: Waris DiriePublisher: Virago Press
ISBN: 9781844080083
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Fashion model, UN ambassador and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie is a remarkable woman, born into a traditional family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia. She told her story - enduring, at five years old, the ancient and savage custom of female circumcision; running away at twelve on foot through the desert in order to escape an arranged marriage; being discovered by Terence Donovan as she worked as a cleaner in London; and becoming a top fashion model - in her book, the worldwide bestseller, Desert Flower. Although Waris Dirie fled her homeland, she never forgot the country and culture that moulded her. The world of famine and violence, where women have no voice and no place - the very world that nearly destroyed her also gave her the tools to survive. She traces the roots of her courage, resilience and humour back to her motherland, and most particularly to her mother. Desert Dawn is the story of that return and a testimony to the stubborn fact that you can love something dearly and yet not love all that it represents. Desert Dawn is about coming home.
Desert Flower
Author: Marie PorterfieldPublisher:
ISBN: 9780897721882
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
The Desert Flowers - Willow
Author: Judith KeimPublisher: Desert Sage Inn Series
ISBN: 9781962452236
Category : Hotel management
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Three talented women are brought together by a man they all love, becoming his Desert Flowers, who work together to save his hotel from being ruined by the company buying it ... When Willow Sanchez is asked to help Alec Thurston, the man for whom her parents work and who's always treated her as the daughter he once lost, she doesn't hesitate to leave Boston and come back home to Palm Desert, California. Alec is dying of cancer and needs her help in overseeing the sale of his hotel, The Desert Sage Inn, to another hotel group. With her hotel accounting background and financial ability, she's his perfect choice to help make the sale a smooth transition while maintaining the reputation of the upscale property. She arrives to find two other women summoned to help Alec. Lily Weaver was once Alec's assistant, and Rose Macklin was heavily involved in the hotel in earlier years. They join forces to help him, lovingly accepting his nickname for them--the Desert Flowers, similar to the well-known Charlie's Angels. Willow is assigned to work with two young men, sons of the majority owners of the hotel company purchasing the Desert Sage Inn. One of the men, Brent Armstrong, attended the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University with her and used to bully her with unkind names. His cousin, Trace Armstrong, seems to be very different. Struggling to compete against them for the eventual job of executive assistant manager at the Desert Sage Inn, Willow wonders if she'll ever find the right man to settle down with as she decides to stay in Palm Desert. A talented golfer, she is forced to take Alec's place in a foursome with Craig Kincaid, the man both Rose and Lily think is perfect for her. But neither Willow nor Craig is interested in anything serious until Willow wonders if Craig might be the good guy Alec had always thought he was. A series for those who love stories about strong women facing challenges and finding love and happiness along the way. Be sure to read the other books in the series: Rose, Lily, and Mistletoe and Holly Other series written by Judith Keim are receiving a lot of love: The Hartwell Women Series, The Beach House Hotel Series, The Fat Fridays Series, the Salty Key Inn Series, the Chandler Hill Inn series, and the books in the Seashell Cottage Collection.
Flower of the Desert
Author: Roberta LeighPublisher:
ISBN: 9780263724622
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description