Guzin Najim's The Promise: An Iraqi Mother's Desperate Flight to Freedom

Steeped in a mother\\\'s love for her children and driven by a wife\\\'s devotion to t he memory of her late husband, THE PROMISE traces an Iraqi woman\\\'s desperate sev en-year journey to freedom in Australia. Guzin Najim always knew she was lucky. The adored eldest daughter of a well-respected General in the Iraqi Army, Guzin had a rare confidence that came from being raised by a progressive…