In Contempt Of Fate

The author's gripping and moving account of how she, a young Sri Lankan mother, fled from brutal slavery in Lebanon toultimatelya longed-for freedom in America. Forced to work as a housemaid for a cruel Lebanese woman who beat and starved her, she finally escaped this torment by leaping from a fourth story balcony, an act of desperation that left her paralyzed. A harrowing, profoundly human account of how she defied impossible odds to walk again will inspire readers everywhere.