The harrowing journey of a teenage bride who endured years of abuse in Canada highlights her resilience and determination. Despite the challenges she faced, Samra Zafar relentlessly pursued her dreams, showcasing her strength and courage in overcoming adversity. Her story is one of empowerment and hope, illustrating the fight for personal freedom and the pursuit of a better life.
"Despite the personal rivalries, lies, bad intentions, and discrimination, Ted Nolan made it from a small northern reservation to the NHL. But after he won the Jack Adams Award as the best coach in the NHL, he didn’t work in the NHL again for a decade. Why? Nolan’s story is one of succeeding against the odds. He grew up in poverty outside Sault St. Marie, on the Garden River reserve, in a small house that had no running hot water or electricity. He made his own backyard rink and fell in love with the game. That love was enough to take him to the pros. It was the classic Canadian story: small-town kid makes it to the NHL. Nolan was drafted in 1978 by the Detroit Red Wings. But his real talent lay in coaching. Teams always got better when he was behind the bench. As a very young coach, he coached the Sault St. Marie Greyhounds to three consecutive Memorial Cup Finals. When he got his shot in the NHL, Nolan immediately turned around the Buffalo Sabres, earning them the title of “hardest-working team in professional sports.” He took them deep into the playoffs. That was enough to convince the league that he was the best coach in the NHL. And yet, the Sabres failed to re-sign their star coach. In fact, Nolan didn’t coach in the NHL again for an incredible ten years. This despite coaching the Moncton Wildcats to the Memorial Cup and shocking the hockey world by coaching tiny Latvia to a near-draw with mighty Team Canada. So why wasn't Nolan back behind an NHL bench? “If my skin were white,” says Nolan, “I’d be coaching.” This is a story then, of succeeding against the odds, and then having success stripped away. It is partly an angry story, a story of injustice, that makes this memoir a story of learning. It is a fierce look at one man's journey as he comes to know the wider world—with the courage to reach for the previously unattained, and the humility to recognize what really matters in the end."-- Provided by publisher
V šestnástich mala talentovaná Samra veľké plány. Chcela ísť študovať na vysokú školu a vybrať sa vlastnou cestou. Jej sen sa však bez varovania rozplynul, keď ako sedemnásťročná podľahla tlaku rodiny a narýchlo sa vydala za neznámeho staršieho človeka. Musela odísť od rodičov, priateľov i súrodencov. Z Pakistanu sa plná nádeje presídlila za manželom do tolerantnej Kanady. Manželova rodina sa zaviazala, že ju bude podporovať v jej snoch, ale bola to pasca. Dvere domu svokrovcov sa zabuchli a jeho steny sa pre Samru stali väzením. Pochopila, že všetko bolí len prázdne sľuby. Jej miesto je v kuchyni,pri deťoch,poruke svokre a po vôli násilníckemu manželovi. Samra sa však odmietaodmietla vzdať svojej túžby po vzdelaní a plnohodnotnom živote. Zúfalo sa chcela z nešťastného manželstva vyslobodiť. Pre seba a svoje dcéry vymyslela únikový plán. Dlhé roky v sebe hľadala silu začať odznova, kým sa jej podarilo odrezať od minulosti a vykročiť do nového života so vztýčenou hlavou. Dobrá manželka je bolestným,no inšpirujúcim príbehom mladého dievčaťa, ktoré zoči-voči násiliu dozrie v odvážnu a silnú ženu.