If I Live to Tell: A True Story

"I looked at the picture in my passport. I hadn't seen it in two years. There was my almost fifteen-year-old self -- beautiful, naive, expectant. I looked at the picture from different angles, then held it up to my face in the mirror. Everything I had been through was summed up there in those two faces. The fresh-faced girl flowering into womanhood -- her whole self shimmering on her skin -- and the dolled-up skeleton who buried under makeup the bitter fact that her dreams and longings... her identity... had withered under the desert sun like tender herbs. And the only intervening fact was Iraq."

Abused women rarely tell their own stories. Many of them don't survive their ordeals. And those who do are often either too afraid or too ashamed to speak.

If I Live to Tell is unique in that respect. It's a real, first-person look at the world from the perspective of a woman who has endured tragedy, heartbreak, and betrayal at almost every point in her life. If I Live to Tell may be her story, but it is also the story of millions of women worldwide who don't have a voice.

Whether you are a victim struggling to cope with tragedy, a loved one trying to help someone recover from abuse, or just an honest inquirer with a curious heart, Akeela's gripping first-person narrative has something to offer you.

If I Live to Tell follows this one woman's struggle to discover purpose and identity in the face of lifelong tragedy, betrayal, and abuse. Set on three continents, this true story provides a rare glimpse into the world and heart of the largely invisible victimized woman.

This is a story of how tragedy can become triumph and how pain can turn to purpose. This is a true story like you've never heard before.

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