My brothers and I grew up often with little to eat and my mother, like many women in Brazil, suffered physical violence in her marriage to my father.
Qalqaallinnimadu wiil soo koraya iyo caadadii ayay ahayde, hooyaday maa daama aan inta badan ag joogay mararka ay qoonsato dhaqankayga waa ay I dagaali jirtay af iyo gacanba.