Eduardo Santiago
Started off simplistic in language and style, like a fireside story for a younger audience... but once she got her voice, WOW. Remarkable person, remarkable storyteller. Courage, integrity, principle, there were moments I came close to tears.
We need people like her. One way to make that happen, I think, might be to gift this book to young adults. There's a lot of context they'll never understand, but much more that they will, because not that much has changed in fifty years. Last I checked we still have racism, misogyny, corruption, political power plays, and way too many white males.
Favorite quote: It is incomprehensible to me, the fear that can affect men in political offices. It is shocking the way they submit to forces they know are wrong and fail to stand up for what they believe. Close second: I have not given up—and will not give up until I am compelled to—my belief that the basic design of this country is right. What is essential is to make it work, not to sweep it away and substitute—what? Something far worse, perhaps.
Started off simplistic in language and style, like a fireside story for a younger audience... but once she got her voice, WOW. Remarkable person, remarkable storyteller. Courage, integrity, principle, there were moments I came close to tears.
We need people like her. One way to make that happen, I think, might be to gift this book to young adults. There's a lot of context they'll never understand, but much more that they will, because not that much has changed in fifty years. Last I checked we still have racism, misogyny, corruption, political power plays, and way too many white males.
Favorite quote: It is incomprehensible to me, the fear that can affect men in political offices. It is shocking the way they submit to forces they know are wrong and fail to stand up for what they believe. Close second: I have not given up—and will not give up until I am compelled to—my belief that the basic design of this country is right. What is essential is to make it work, not to sweep it away and substitute—what? Something far worse, perhaps.