false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255714355m/103342.jpg 103342 30 At the age of 5, Malika Oufkir, eldest daughter of General Oufkir, was adopted by King Muhammad V of Morocco and sent to live in the palace as part of the royal court. There she led a life of unimaginable privilege and luxury alongside the king's own daughter. King Hassan II ascended the throne following Muhammad V's death, and in 1972 General Oufkir was found guilty of treason after staging a coup against the new regime, and was summarily executed. Immediately afterward, Malika, her mother, and her five siblings were arrested and imprisoned, despite having no prior knowledge of the coup attempt.<p> They were first held in an abandoned fort, where they ate moderately well and were allowed to keep some of their fine clothing and books. Conditions steadily deteriorated, and the family was eventually transferred to a remote desert prison, where they suffered a decade of solitary confinement, torture, starvation, and the complete absence of sunlight. Oufkir's horrifying descriptions of the conditions are mesmerizing, particularly when contrasted with her earlier life in the royal court, and many graphic images will long haunt readers. Finally, teetering on the edge of madness and aware that they had been left to die, Oufkir and her siblings managed to tunnel out using their bare hands and teaspoons, only to be caught days later. Her account of their final flight to freedom makes for breathtaking reading. <I>Stolen Lives</I> is a remarkable book of unfathomable deprivation and the power of the human will to survive. 1017164 1980 Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (Oprah's Book Club) total:3594|5:1244|4:1338|3:790|2:176|1:46| 3594 14340 5059 686 103342 0786886307 9780786886302 3291 619 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255714355m/103342.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/103342.Stolen_Lives_Twenty_Years_in_a_Desert_Jail 2 5 false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 09:36:47 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 12:33:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2584654 121 32 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200439816m/2584654.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2584654._ 2 1 false Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 13:59:22 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 19:22:22 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 2584654 121 32 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200439816m/2584654.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2584654._ 1 2 false 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