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Sharon GAFFNEY

Death threats and a family revolt: Lale Gül on her book 'I Will Live'

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"I Will Live" is the best-selling account of the challenges faced by a young woman growing up within the confines of a strictly religious Turkish-Dutch family, and her efforts to break free of that conservative culture. Upon its publication in 2021, Lale Gül was greeted with a wave of condemnation, including death threats from members of her own Dutch Muslim community. The award-winning author joined us for Perspective to tell us more.

The book has just been published in French under the title "Je vais vivre" by Fayard Editions.

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