Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad

Waris Dirie ran away from her o*pressive life in the African desert when she was barely in her teens, illiterate and impoverished, with nothing to her name but a tattered shawl. She traveled alone across the dangerous S*mali desert to M*gadishu—the first leg of a remarkable journey that would take her to London, where she worked as a house servant; then to nearly every corner of the globe as an internationally renowned fashion model; and ultimately to New York City, where she was made a human rights ambassador for the U.N...