Hannah Rubenstein will leave you feeling extremely grateful for things usually taken for granted. A vital look into a culture that most of us will not relate to, this is not a comfortable read, but it is an important one.

Thank you for the opportunity to read and review Wedlocked: A story of Forced Marriage. I received a complimentary ebook from Library Thing in exchange for my honest review. ( )

I really enjoyed this wonderful, distressing, disturbing, well written book and highly recommend it! The book is written to not only tell Mayah’s ordeal into a forced marriage but it also includes the statistics for forced marriages and the many other types of abuses that go with it. It’s appalling! I have no words to describe my dismay that so many young women, and in many cases, children, are treated so brutally in the world today. Mayah story gives us a glimpse into this epidemic. In the beginning, we see Mayah as she struggles to fit within her very traditional Indian home as a young female and then as she finds “true love” with someone outside her class. This brings dishonor to her family and they react violently to her choices; going to surprisingly extreme lengths in order to bring honor to the family. Mayah suffered so much verbal and physical violence from her parents and the husband they chose that it is amazing, and inspirational, that the she is now able to speak out about forced marriage in order provide much needed education on this dreadful crisis that continues to happen today.

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Wedlocked is a perfect balance between biography and report. The extensive information about forced marriages and related issues is inserted bit by bit into the story of one forced marriage. This is well done, giving maximum effect to the information and interpretation of it in the context of the short and simply told story. The story is based on a real experience as told to the author.
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Wow! What a fantastic read! Very well written, detail information and very emotional. Highly recommended! ( )

I loved this book. The story of Maya is horrifying and it happens to many women in Western countries. Even honour killings can be committed in Western countries. I'm not a great fan of statistics, but the way the author inserted them every now and then into the story made them more readable. I would have liked to know if Maya met her parents when she returned home after many years of abuse at the hands of the husband chosen by them but we are not told this. If you have any interest in learning more about forced marriage this book is highly recommended. ( )