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The Unbound
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ISBN13: 9798262869954
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 29 2025
Pages: 444
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.99 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 29 2025
Pages: 444
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.99 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A promise carved in pain. A future stolen in silence. One woman's fight to reclaim her voice.
At five years old, beneath the shade of a Gambian mango tree, Ramata Jallow's world is shattered. In a dark back room, a brutal act of tradition-female genital mutilation-steals her innocence, all to make her pure and ready for marriage. A promise is whispered, sealing her destiny with a scar.
At five years old, beneath the shade of a Gambian mango tree, Ramata Jallow's world is shattered. In a dark back room, a brutal act of tradition-female genital mutilation-steals her innocence, all to make her pure and ready for marriage. A promise is whispered, sealing her destiny with a scar.
Ramata's brilliant academic achievements offer a fleeting hope of escape-a dream of university and independence. But that hope is crushed when her father announces her fate is not her own: she is to marry a distant, much older cousin in America, fulfilling the promise made over her bleeding childhood body.
Uprooted from everything she knows, Ramata finds herself in the cold, isolating suburbs of Madison, Wisconsin, trapped in a loveless marriage with a controlling and often cruel husband. Isolated, friendless, and stripped of her dreams, her existence becomes a silent prison of domestic servitude and psychological terror. The vibrant, intelligent young woman is systematically erased, replaced by a ghost who must endure to protect her family's honor back home.
Her journey into motherhood, born of duty rather than love, becomes both her greatest burden and her only solace. The fierce, protective love for her children anchors her to a life that is slowly killing her spirit.
Fleeing to Seattle, she rebuilds as Rahma: survivor, student, seeker of self. In the city's rain-soaked anonymity, she finds healing, work, and Ada-a Nigerian-American social worker whose love awakens a tender, liberating intimacy Rahma never dreamed possible. Their secret marriage is a sanctuary, a defiance etched in quiet joy. But when her vibrant new life surfaces online, her past detonates. Her family disowns her. Her community brands her an outcast. Her children are taught she is dead.
The Unbound is a haunting, visceral, and ultimately triumphant story of resilience. It is a profound exploration of the intersections of culture, tradition, and oppression, and the silent wars women fight within the walls of their own homes. Follow Ramata's harrowing path as she navigates the deep scars of trauma, the crushing weight of familial expectation, and the flickering, defiant ember of self that refuses to be extinguished.
Uprooted from everything she knows, Ramata finds herself in the cold, isolating suburbs of Madison, Wisconsin, trapped in a loveless marriage with a controlling and often cruel husband. Isolated, friendless, and stripped of her dreams, her existence becomes a silent prison of domestic servitude and psychological terror. The vibrant, intelligent young woman is systematically erased, replaced by a ghost who must endure to protect her family's honor back home.
Her journey into motherhood, born of duty rather than love, becomes both her greatest burden and her only solace. The fierce, protective love for her children anchors her to a life that is slowly killing her spirit.
Fleeing to Seattle, she rebuilds as Rahma: survivor, student, seeker of self. In the city's rain-soaked anonymity, she finds healing, work, and Ada-a Nigerian-American social worker whose love awakens a tender, liberating intimacy Rahma never dreamed possible. Their secret marriage is a sanctuary, a defiance etched in quiet joy. But when her vibrant new life surfaces online, her past detonates. Her family disowns her. Her community brands her an outcast. Her children are taught she is dead.
The Unbound is a haunting, visceral, and ultimately triumphant story of resilience. It is a profound exploration of the intersections of culture, tradition, and oppression, and the silent wars women fight within the walls of their own homes. Follow Ramata's harrowing path as she navigates the deep scars of trauma, the crushing weight of familial expectation, and the flickering, defiant ember of self that refuses to be extinguished.
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