Shame

WHEN SHE WAS FOURTEEN, JASVINDER SANGHERA WAS SHOWN A PHOTO OF THE MAN CHOSEN TO BE HER HUSBAND. SHE WAS TERRIFIED. SHE’D WITNESSED THE TORMENT HER SISTERS ENDURED IN THEIR ARRANGED MARRIAGES, SO SHE RAN AWAY FROM HOME, GRIEF-STRICKEN WHEN HER PARENTS DISOWNED HER. SHAME IS THE HEART-RENDING TRUE STORY OF A YOUNG GIRL’S ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM A CRUEL, CLAUSTROPHOBIC WORLD WHERE FAMILY HONOUR MATTERED MORE THAN ANYTHING – SOMETIMES MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF. JASVINDER’S STORY IS ONE OF TERRIBLE OPPRESSION, A HARROWING STRUGGLE AGAINST A PUNITIVE CODE OF HONOUR – AND, FINALLY, TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY. '' ... ... .'' : , ? ? ...?