Drug Muled: Sixteen Years in a Thai Prison: The Vanessa Goosen Story
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (700 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1920601201 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 212 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars Very good book. Sad but uplifting. I'm glad I read it.. Nomfundo said Captivating. I first read an excerpt of this book in one of the Sunday papers about a month ago. I had a vague recollection of Vanessa and her story as I was a teenager at the time her arrest made the news. After reading the excerpt, I was immediately interested in this story as I am with all stories about drug mules. Before buying the book I watched Vanessa being interviewed in one of the local talk shows. I was not particularly impressed by the interview because I found that Vanessa did not articulate her story well and she also seemed blasé (I suppose that could happen if you retell a story over and over). From the interview I also found out . "Great read" according to Nats. I found her story very interesting. I think its a great book for young naive adults to read and to make them aware of how easily they can be used as a mule without even being aware of it.
Larissa Focke is a journalist whose articles have aappeared in the Cape Times newspaper, Colossal Film magazine, and Student Choice magazine. . About the AuthorJoanne Joseph has been a television news anchor for the past 15 years and is currently afternoon news anchor on the 24-hour news channel, eNCA. She has a master’s degree in literature from Wits University
On the verge of a big break in modeling, Miss South Africa finalist, 21-year-old Vanessa Goosen is caught up in every traveler’s nightmare. Duped into carrying books with 1.7 kilograms of heroin hidden in them, she is arrested and tried on drug trafficking charges. Deaf to her pleas of innocence, the Thai courts sentence her to death. Pregnant, terrified, and desperately alone, Goosen begins a harrowing 16-year journey behind bars. It’s 1994 and South Africa is on the brink of freedom. Forced to part with her beloved daughter three years later, Goosen’s story traces the joy and hurt of motherhood behind bars, the depression that comes with long-term incarceration and separation, and her return to a hugely changed South Africa in 2010.. On
. Larissa Focke is a journalist whose articles have aappeared in the Cape Times newspaper, Colossal Film magazine, and Student Choice magazine. Joanne Joseph has been a television news anchor for the past 15 years and is currently afternoon news anchor on the 24-hour news channel, eNCA. She has a master’s