I am reviewing a copy of A Cave in the Clouds through Annick Press and Netgalley:
A Cave in the Clouds is based on the true story of Badeeah Hassan Ahmed. At the young age of eighteen in 2014 she saw first hand the horrors of the genocide of the Ezidi People by Isis forces. Captured by Isis known as the Daesh in her local region she was among the hundreds of Ezidi women and girls forced into a brutal Sex trafflicking network. Badeeah was taken to Syria where she is sold to a high ranking Isis commander known as Al Amiki, the American, kept as a house slave, raped, and often beaten. It was only the presence of her young nephew Eivan and her friend Navine, who were also prisoners, that kept her from hurting herself. Whike she is being held captive , Badeaah draws on memories and stories from her childhood to maintain a small bit of control in a volatile situation. In the end , it is her profound sense of faith and brave resistance that lead her to escape with Eivan and reunite with family.
Badeeah has brought her harrowing story of wat and survival. Raising awareness to the little known acts of genocide against people.
I give A Cave in the Clouds five out of five stars!
