No lipstick in Lebanon
Desperate to create her own destiny, and drawn by the irresistible possibility of earning real dollars as a maid in Beirut, Meron Lemma leaves her devout mother and family behind to join the many other Habesha migrants searching for a better life in the Middle East. Only once there does she realise the ugly truth: instead of opportunity, she has found captivity. This is an account of the unremitting hell of modern slavery. Told through the escalating plight of our heroine, this is not just a fictionalized report of one maid's ordeal, but rather the uncovering of a larger issue plaguing a generation of women.
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Household employees > Fiction. Young women > Fiction. Exploitation > Fiction. Slavery > Fiction. Beirut (Lebanon) > Fiction. |
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Political fiction. Fiction. |
- ISBN: 1783521082
- ISBN: 9781783521081
- Physical Description 404 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher London : Unbound, 2015.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 31.99 |
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No Lipstick in Lebanon : A Story of Strength, Spirit and Survived
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No Lipstick in Lebanon : A Story of Strength, Spirit and Survived
The fictionalised true story of one Ethiopian woman's ordeal working as a domestic servant in Beirut. A chilling novel steeped in real-life horrors. Meron Lemma couldn't know there was a fate worse than wasting away as a poor teenager in the Ethiopian slum where she was born. Desperate to create her own destiny, and drawn by the irresistible possibility of earning real dollars as a maid in Beirut, Meron leaves her devout mother and family behind to join the many other Habesha migrants searching for a better life in the Middle East. Only once there does she realise the ugly truth: instead of opportunity, she has found captivity. Instead of freedom, subordination. Trapped and mistreated by the harsh Madame, Meron lives in constant fear -- fear of the daily onslaught of Madame's vicious spite; of her cruel and callous daughters; of the sexual advances of her predatory son; and most of all, fear of losing her sense of self... her Habesha spirit... even her life. Rich in cultural detail and exposing the ongoing, under-reported horrors facing domestic workers in Lebanon today, No Lipstick in Lebanon is a harrowing account of the unremitting hell of modern slavery. Told through the escalating plight of our heroine, this is not just a fictionalised report of one maid's ordeal, but rather the uncovering of a larger issue plaguing a generation of women.