Brave Face - Two Cultures, Two Families, and the Iraqi Girl Who Bound Them Together (Marlowe Barbara)(Paperback / softback)

The inspirational story of an American woman who moved mountains to secure medical treatments--and eventually a home--for a severely burned Iraqi girl thousands of miles away. Now available in trade paper.It was a typical Sunday morning in 2006 when Barbara Marlowe first saw the photo that changed her life--a photo of four-year-old Teeba Furat Fadhil, whose face, head, and hands had been severely burned during a roadside bombing in the Diyala Province of Iraq. It was Teeba's eyes that captivated Barbara. They were wide, dark, and soulful. They seemed to cry out across oceans with a single message: Help me.Barbara's story of responding to that cry is as inspiring as it is improbable. With a powerful faith and determination, she overcame obstacle after obstacle to bring Teeba to the United States for medical treatments--and unexpectedly, to
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