Desert Flower-Waris Derie- Book Review

I think this story of the Desert Flower is a very emotional and quite and eye-opening story. It really does make you feel for Warris because she had a horrible circumcision performed on her. It is really frightening to know that this goes on and is performed upon girls as young as 5.

Before this story I didn't even really know that circumcisions done to girls in such a horrible way. Nor did I know the pain and hardship women then have to face throughout their whole lives and that's if they survive the circumcision or infection and shock that is inflicted on these young girls.

Even though Warris went through all this I found her amazingly brave and strong willed when she went to London with just her uncle. She is clearly a very hard worker because all she waned to do was send enough money to her mother so that her mother could afford all the things she needed, so she wouldn't have to work as hard as she does.

Throughout the story it is nice to know that she gets a brake from her tough life and is discovered by a photographer and from there on her life completely changes in the best possible way. Finally she has more than enough money to go and visit her mother after many many years. As her life goes on she becomes a UN Ambassador and starts a campaign against FGM (Female Genital Mutilation). She begins to raise awareness about this cicumcision carried out on young girls in a lot of countrys. But she works and is still working hard to fight against those who perform it on young girls.

Her story has the happy ending to it that we all wanted for it from the very beginning as she becomes a very famous and well known model and she finds a man whom she loves very much and has a little baby boy with.