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    One Life
    One Life
    One Life
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    One Life

    By Sonia Rumzi

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    In most, suffering is not a choice. Most lives are limited by upbringing and surroundings, teaching and training. When exposed to other cultures and ideologies, it helps expand the possibilities. For Aida, a sheltered child, married young this holds the crux to her survival. Abused and tormented, she finds kindness and through courage discovers freedom of choice.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHeart Press
    Release dateAug 20, 2011
    ISBN9781937079086
    One Life
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    Sonia Rumzi

    Writer Sonia Rumzi, an English Literature major in college; turned to, Medical Technology, for practical purposes. Originally from Egypt, her knowledge base includes; cooking, knitting, oil painting, photography, travel and movies; and most importantly, raising her daughters. Sonia uses this rich background writing on the human condition.

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      One Life - Sonia Rumzi

      ONE LIFE

      by

      Sonia Rumzi

      Sausalito, California

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Copyright © 2011 Sonia Rumzi All rights reserved.

      Published by Heart Press at Smashwords

      Cover Art Copyright © 2011 istefano.com

      Layout and Design by Stefano

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information: Heart Press, Rights Department, 1001 Bridgeway, #161, Sausalito, CA 94965

      First Edition Aug 2011

      ISBN: 978-1-937079-08-6

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      One Life

      It is never easy for the free to understand the oppression of others. When spoken of or suggested, the answer is without a doubt, They can fight back. It is a naive and simplistic view for people who have never suffered under the harsh hand of a master.

      Freedoms are pricey. Someone pays in order for others to gain freedom in the future. Soldiers die in battle fields protecting their homeland. Citizens protest, get beaten and hauled off to jail for the sake of voting and the right to own their destiny and lives.

      Women fought for years for the right to exist beside men, get paid fair wages and be treated as equals in general. Some say the pendulum swung all the way to the other end. But that is the violent response to tyranny. When the oppressed become aware, they take it too far and the oppressor complains of the abnormality of situations. Traditions are broken and the status quo is destroyed in the name of freedom.

      Suffrage in the United States created room for women to speak their mind and offered them the right to vote. Until the present, people fight amongst themselves, depriving a woman her right to her own body, resolving decisions she needs to make for herself. Meanwhile in other countries it is considered a normal procedure to end a fetus. A form of birth control.

      But, this is not our story. We will not discuss abortion and clinics where women are

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