The Locust and the Bird

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Brought up in poverty in southern Lebanon, Kamila never had the opportunity to go to school, although she longed to. She was nine years old when she moved to Beirut and only eleven when her brothers tricked her into getting engaged to a man eighteen years her senior. Kamila was expected to live a domestic life with her new husband, despite being a mere child herself. What follows is an incredible story of love and loss, tragedy, community and strength. Evoking the dusty streets of Beirut and the fabric of life in Lebanon this is a remarkable memoir about an extraordinary woman, full of colours, poetry and singing and told with heartbreaking and raw honesty.