The Girl with Three Legs is a true story where the author, Soraya Miré, weaves a dramatic chronicle of the personal challenges she overcame, of how women in Somalia accept physical abuse through generations as if it were the norm, and a testament to the empowerment of women At age thirteen years old, Mire discovers the horror of the "gift," female genital mutilation (FGM), whereby a young girls' healthy organs are chopped off.
Miré reveals what it means to grow up in a traditional Somali family, where women's basic human rights are violated on a daily basis. Her life story is one of inspiration and redemption. 4 stars
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