The Honour Killings

By Sita Lazenby

"Women are basically flawed. They are despicable creatures, unable to think, easily swayed." A man who had mutilated and then killed his wife, spoke these words from an open jail cell during a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595178790
• ISBN13: 9780595178797
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A most timely piece based on a true story

A fast-paced, involving read...I defy anyone to read it and not come away unchanged. You will feel moral indignation and a true sense of life for the Pakistani woman today. Sita puts human faces on the phrase "honor killings" and is a must-read for caring women in today's changing world. Men, too. A touching sidebar is that the author is donating her profits from this book to the Afgan women's relief fund.(She announced this in a reading at Barnes & Noble)