It is grotesque to think that in this day and age there are still arranged marriages taking place in the world. Even worse is the hell and unbearable suffering the girls go through who are abused by their new husbands. There is no wway out for them. Women are not permitted to leave an arranged marriage and if any do dare defy their families there is a good chance they will end up dead somewhere.
The word 'family' means something totally different in their civilisation. Not love and kindness but pride and superiority ( for the men at any rate.) They would rather murder or beat a daughter than have her bring shame on the family. How different we as societies seem to be and how frightening to think that someone you see as a loving parent could be willing to bring so much pain to you just for the sake of honouring their family.
This woman takes us through her early upbringing to her violent adolescence and late teens where she is forced to marry a stranger and forbidden to see her true love by her family. Her life is a constant stream of terror and uncertainty, most of the time she is working all hours of the day to pay her parents money for debts they owe. Her parents seem totally thoughtless and barely acknowledge her thanks when she helps them out which I find absolutely disgusting. I hope she can carve a better life for herself now with her young daughter.
Started 7th July
Finished 8th July
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