Author

Waris Dirie ran away from her oppressive life in the African desert when she was barely in her teens, illiterate and impoverished, with nothing to her name but a tattered shawl.Today she lives in New York, pursuing an extraordinary dual career as an international supermodel and a United Nations special ambassador who travels the world as an articulate and passionate advocate of human rights.Now, in this insightful andimportant book, she offers an irresistible first-person account of her dramatic and inspiring odyssey.