New Releases by Marie-Therese Cuny

On September 30, 1994, Louise Longo, her husband Bernard, and their five-year-old daughter, Galla, left from Rochefort, France on a three-week cruise. On the night of October 5, a storm started in the dangerous Bay of Biscay. In the breaking seas, Bernard was afraid that the sailboat would sink and decided they would be safer in the liferaft. The Spanish coast was only 40 miles away; he was sure they would be rescued. But fate was against them. They had hardly any food and very little water. No boat appeared. Bernard, who had been injured while getting into the raft, died on October 11. For two weeks, Louise fought hunger, thirst, and despair; trying to keep Galla alive. But by the time rescue finally arrived, only Louise had survived. Louise Longo''s terse words reflect the agony, guilt, and rage of the lone survivor who stands accused after her ordeal.

This rousing account is the exclusive, authorized memoir of international rights icon Mukhtar Mai, whose courageous struggle for justice earned her acclaim as "the Rosa Parks of Pakistan."

Mukhtar Mai undoubtedly is a life extraordinary. The story of her life is one of the most inspiring stories of our times. Mukhtar Mai faced dishonour with the sanction of her village Panchayat in Pakistan. But she rose to put the trauma behind her, and start a school for the children of her village, setting a dazzling example before the whole world. Mukhtar Mai speaks about her life to a French journalist and through her to the whole world.