The Opium of Life

By Lisa Torcato

Hassana Abdul is a nine-year-old Afghani girl who is forced to marry a sixty-year-old man she never met before. Violently torn from her childhood to undertake a life and a marriage she absolutely rejects, she'll have to use all her reserves of wit and courage to escape the life she was condemned to. And her escape will take her to unexpected places and situations where wit and courage are only the beginning.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lisa Torcato
• Release date: Nov 30, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005914530

Lisa Torcato

Lisa Torcato comes from a half-Indian family. She graduated in History and got a Master degree in British Empire. She has worked as an English and History teacher at high schools. She got married to a Norwegian and moved to Norway, where she’s lived for three years. Writing has been her passion since she was thirteen. When she manages to leave her computer for a while, she enjoys cooking and family time. She’d love to hear from you: [e-mail]

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