Reply #22: Right now I'm enjoying

[annm4peace]

"A Woman Among Warlords".. about Malalai Joya. She just came to US on her book tour. the US tried to keep her out and deny her a visa but enough people called the State Dept, the White House and their Reps.. that they have it to her on Thursday.

We rarely get to read about war and occupation from the woman's view. And bravely taught girls to read during the Taliban reign, then ran and won for Afghanistan Parliament and denounced the Warlords when she was in only in her 20's. She continues to speak out even though she has had 4 attempts on her life.

Here is were she is going to be this week and next. Maybe she will be near or in your city.
http://www.afghanwomensmission.org/?p=1201

You can order book from co-op book store run by Vets.
http://www.maydaybookstore.org/ They don't take credit cards but it is nice to support local bookstores.

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another book I found at an estate book sale and it was so captivating.

"the Escape on the Pearl"

the writer had done so much through research and included parts from letters written, newspaper reports, and eyewitness accounts taken from family members. It was really inspiring to read the struggles of the abolitionists, the slaves and their families against the law, popular belief, etc. You feel you are part of that time period and you feel the anguish, their hopes, their challenges, their little wins, their loses.. etc.

"On the evening of April 15, 1848, seventy-seven slaves attempted one of history's most audacious escapes--and put in motion a furiously fought battle over slavery in America that would consume Congress, the streets of the capital, and the White House itself. Setting sail from Washington, D.C., on a schooner named the Pearl, the fugitives began a daring 225-mile journey to freedom in the North. Mary Kay Ricks's unforgettable chronicle brings to life the Underground Railroad's largest escape attempt, the seemingly immutable politics of slavery, and the individuals who struggled to end it. All the while, Ricks focuses her narrative on the intimate story of two young sisters who were onboard the Pearl, and sets their struggle for liberation against the powerful historical forces that would nearly tear the country apart."

It helped to put in perspective the length of time it takes to fight back and to have patience.