Through Tragedy and Triumph: A Life Well Traveled

By Hagir Elsheikh and Tom Peashey

From the heat and sands of Sudan to the rolling hills of Central Pennsylvania, Hagir Elsheikh has travelled through life overcoming obstacles most would find insurmountable. Her autobiography will captivate you with details of her childhood in war-torn, poverty-stricken Sudan. You will hear about how social mores can inflict severe pain and suffering on female children - children already identified as second class human beings in an Islamic society by virtue of their femininity.She takes us through her rebel teen years and many arrests and tortures that brought. Still in high school, her activism caused her to experience what happens in the infamous "Ghost Houses" of Sudan where brutality and murder are as common as the sand that permeates everything in that region. Forced to flee, we learn the path of a refugee is most difficult, dangerous and challenging. Safety in America brings a euphoria that is all too soon dashed at the hands of an abusive spousal relationship.This amazing spokesperson for women everywhere has dedicated her life to her family, her business and an undaunted activism for the rights of women and all humanity - spousal abuse, female genital mutilation, equality for women and those suffering the atrocities of the vicious Islamic Dictatorship in the land of her birth - all are on her daily agenda.Join us as a sweet, precocious child begins her journey through the sands of life as she begins her quest to "Climb on the Clouds". Tom Peashey

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 109159595X
• ISBN13: 9781091595958
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A must read!

This is a memoir that will inspire you, enlighten you and make you think about your life and see it in a different light. The struggle that the author went through from early childhood until she became an adult will blow your mind. From torture to domestic violence, to a life as a single mother who builds herself from the ground and started from zero several times. This is a walk on a refugees shoes, and a look through a survival's eyes. The strength and achievement through tears and smiles will make you cry at times and laugh historically at another time. You will learn about Sudan, the struggle to survive a tyrannic regime and live in fear ad dream of a better future. I recommend this book to everyone.