[Waris Dirie] Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad (2011)

Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad
by Waris Dirie

Harper Perennial. 2011. Softcover. (23.5 cm). 228pp. Illustrated with black and white photos at center. This book has minimal wear, a Near Fine copy.

An autobiographical book on the life of Somali model, Waris Dirie. Despite suffering female genital mutilation (FGM) at the age of five, and its life-long consequences, Waris Dirie escaped from her native Galkayo, Somalia, fleeing to Mogadishu to escape an arranged marriage. Moving with relatives to London, she worked for a while at a McDonald's and was discovered by chance by fashion photographer.