If you're drawn to powerful stories of survival and human spirit overcoming great adversity, Mende Nazer's "Slave" is a compelling choice. Her firsthand account of modern-day slavery is as educational as it is heart-wrenching, providing a sobering insight into a grim world that still exists. It's an important read for anyone interested in human rights and the strength of the human will to break free and reclaim dignity and freedom.

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• ALCS Dagger for Non-fiction Nominee (2004)

Mende Nazers happy childhood was cruelly cut short at theage of twelve when the Mujahidin rode into her village in theremote Nuba mountains of Sudan They hacked down terrifiedvillagers. raped the. women and abducted the children. Mende wasthem. She was taken and sold to an Arab woman in Khartoum. She wasstripped of her name and her freedom. For seven long years she waskept as a domestic slave. an abid. without any pay or a singleday off. Her food was the leftover scraps and her bed was the floorof the locked-up garden shed. She endured this harsh and lonelyexistence without knowing whether her family was alive or dead. forseven long years. Passed on by her master. like a parcel . to arelative in London. Mende eventually managed to escape to freedom.Slave is a shocking first-person insight into...

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