I Never Said Goodbye A Mother's Memoir of Love and Brutal Loss Inside Saddam's Regime

by Knowles-Samarraie, Pauline; O'Brien, Karen

• ISBN13: 9780233002118
• ISBN10: 0233002111
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-28
• Publisher: Carlton Publishing Group

Summary

Pauline Knowles-Samarraie set off for Baghdad in 1962 to start a new life with her Iraqi husband, Munem, a talented scientist. But Munem's career was to take him to the center of Saddam Hussein's regime, where he witnessed brutal atrocities against his colleagues and their families before running afoul of the ruthless dictator himself. He awaited his own fate with sickening dread, and was desperately fearful for the safety of his wife and children, but powerless to protect them. Pauline's great Iraq adventure was to come to an unthinkable end. This emotional and devastating account takes you behind the global headlines to the very human story of one family who suffered the brutal extremes of a ruthless regime.

Author Biography

Pauline Knowles-Samarraie is now retired and lives in Brighton. Author and journalist Karen O'Brien is Arab World Regional Editor in the World Service Newsroom. She is also the author of Kirsty McColl: The Authorised Biography, and Joni Mitchell: Shadows and Light.