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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE
'A wake-up call' Amal Clooney
'Devastating... rape and sexual abuse continue to be a pervasive and all-too-often hidden feature of conflict zones the world over' HM Queen Camilla
From award-winning war reporter and co-author of I Am Malala, this…
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1 author picked Our Bodies, Their Battlefield as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
If this book doesn’t compel you to become a feminist, then you probably don’t have a heart. Or if you have, then it is likely as cold as the rapists’ described in it.
What do you feel when you read yet another account of mass rape, the trafficking, torture, and abuse of girls and women, and the gang rape of innocents? You should feel anger, if not despair. You might also well wonder what is wrong with men to make them behave this way.
Of course, you can choose not to read such accounts. But really, that is the coward’s…
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