Leila's secret / Kooshyar Karimi.
Publication details: Scoresby : Penguin Group Australia, 2015.Description: 281 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780670078165
- 0670078166 (paperback)
- 305.420955 23
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 305.420 KAR | Available | 058859 |
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"A young Iranian woman destined to be stoned to death. A doctor who risks his own life to save her"-- Cover.
A kind of People Smuggler of the medical profession, Kooshyar Karimi's memoir tells the true story of a young Iranian woman for whom pregnancy means certain death. In working to save Leila, and countless like her, Doctor Karimi risks the lives of himself and his family.