Womb of Diamonds: A True Adventure From Child Bride Of Syria To Celebrity Businesswoman Of Japan

In the 1930’s Jewish Community of Aleppo, Syria, thirteen-teen-old Lucie lives and works beside Muslims, Armenian Christians, and the French military. She fondly relates how chickpeas were used instead of wedding invitations, dried, indiscreet tales of the bathhouse, The magical properties of the souk, and the tests for her marriage value involving goats and other barometers.

When she gets forced into an engagement with a 29 year-old man, she has to decide between family duty and continued poverty. But this true story is not about a victim.