For the Love of a Son, One Afghan Woman's Quest for Her Stolen Child--------------------------------------------------From the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terriblesecond-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman. Shehad witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts,and wished she had been born a boy. As a feisty teenager in Kabul,she was outraged when the Russians invaded her country. After she madea public show of defiance, she had to flee the country for her life.A new life of freedom seemed within her grasp,but her father arrangeda traditional marriage to a fellow Afghan, who turned out to be a violentman. Beaten, raped and abused, Maryam found joy in the birth of a babyson. But then her brutal husband stole him away far beyond his mother'sreach. For many long years she searched for her lost son, while civilwar and Taliban oppression raged back home in Afghanistan. Set againsta landscape littered with tragic tales of horrific suffering, JeanSasson, author of Princess, chronicles the story of one resolute buttormented woman determined to achieve freedom and equality with men.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Jean Sasson is the sharp-eyed and compassionate chroniclerof women's lives in the Muslim world. Author of the worldwide bestsellersPrincess, Daughters of Arabia, Desert Royal, Mayada: Daughter of Iraq,Love in a Torn Land and Growing Up Bin Laden, she lived in Saudi Arabiafor twelve years, and has travelled throughout the Middle East forthirty years. She currently makes her home in the Southern United States.