Overcoming
My Fight Against FGM
by Ann-Marie Wilson
Lion Hudson Ltd
Monarch Books
Biographies & Memoirs | Nonfiction (Adult)
Pub Date 18 Jun 2021
I am reviewing a copy of Overcoming: My Fight Against FGM through Lion Hudson Ltd/Monarch Books and Netgalley:
Across the world there are girls that are subjected to fgm, female genital mutilation, even without permission.
Trauma, Health issues, and unfulfilled economic potential are just a few of the life altering results for over 200 million cut women and girls, and annually another 3 million girls are at risk of FGM.
In this book some of the origins of FGM are addressed, as well as telling the story one woman willing to sacrifice her comfortable, professional London life to help end its practice. Volunteering across fourteen African countries, Ann-Marie Wilson trained in basic midwifery, ran a fistula rehabilitation project, and qualified in psychology and theology before launching her charity, 28 Too Many. This book is built on the voices of over 3000 FGM survivors’ stories as well as meetings with heads of state and the Pope, the book offers an insight into how Ann-Marie leaned on her Christian faith in her darkest moments to continue to offer hope.
I give Overcoming five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
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