Burned Alive

Souad was a 17-year-old girl living in a small village in Jordan when she hadthe misfortune of falling in love - an emotion that would lead to an unspeakableact of violence and a lifetime of exile from her homeland. With a childhoodmarked by hard labor and physical abuse at the hands of her father, who ishumiliated by the birth of many daughters and only one son, Souad is desperateto leave home. Enticed into a relationship with a handsome neighbor, hershort-lived romance leaves her pregnant. Forbidden to marry until her oldersisters find husbands and having brought shame to her family, Souad faces theonly acceptable punishment: death. How her family plots to kill her, herharrowing struggle to survive burns over 90% of her body after herbrother-in-law douses her with gasoline and sets her on fire, her dramaticescape from Jordan, and her resolve to build a new life for herself is a tale ofheartbreaking drama and remarkable courage. Burned Alive is thefirst true account ever published by a victim of an "honor crime,"this shocking, moving, and harrowing tale has already become an internationalsensation.