false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186720482m/1678369.jpg 1678369 1 <p> Since the day she was scouted by a modeling agent while shopping at a London street fair when she was just nineteen, Alek Wek's life has been nothing short of a fantasy. When she's not the featured model in print campaigns for hip companies, or gracing the cover of <i>Elle</i>, she is working the runways of Paris, New York, and Milan to model for the world's leading designers, including Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel. But nothing in her early years prepared her for the life of a model. </p> <p> Born in Wau, in the southern Sudan, Alek knew only a few years of peace with her family before they were caught up in a ruthless civil war that pitted outlaw militias, the Muslim-dominated government, and southern rebels against each other in a brutal conflict that killed nearly two million people. Here is her daring story of fleeing the war on foot and her escape to London, where her rise from young model to supermodel was all the more notable because of Alek's non-European looks. </p> <p> A probe into the Sudanese conflict and an inside look into the life of a most unique supermodel, <i>Alek</i> is a book that will inspire as well as inform. </p> 1673477 1 9 2007 Alek: From Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel total:47|5:6|4:23|3:12|2:6|1:0| 47 170 83 13 2 0 false false Fri Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 21 21:01:55 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 23 23:21:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 20:38:02 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 20:44:17 -0700 2009 It was a fast read although, the last couple of chapters dragged. I mean, ev...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jul 13 20:37:21 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 20:44:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 19:25:07 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 19:25:33 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 13:38:07 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 13:41:35 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 26 02:09:31 -0800 2008 Sat Sep 08 13:22:40 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 13:25:12 -0700 2007 5 5 false false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 20:48:32 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 26 19:20:39 -0700 2009 ]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 29 20:48:26 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 17:37:06 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 20:48:26 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 17 13:27:13 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 17 13:27:27 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Sep 29 15:56:45 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 17 19:41:31 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 03 07:46:04 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 07:47:13 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Sep 18 17:29:24 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 17:30:16 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 11 13:48:41 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 16:32:27 -0800 2007 3 0 false false Wed Nov 04 20:05:34 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 20:05:37 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 27 21:33:02 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 21:33:02 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Sep 18 17:48:24 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 17:48:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 16 17:05:45 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 17:05:45 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 12:28:06 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 12:28:23 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Nov 20 06:35:13 -0800 2009 Mon Aug 31 13:51:36 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 13:51:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 24 10:24:16 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 10:24:16 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1678369