All these years while my children were growing up, it was too difficult for me to talk about my past. The immense terrifying madness that had erupted in history

The courage it takes to? · Run into a burning building· Lay down your life for your child· Fight and defend our country ?is the SAME courage it takes to reac

Not that many books are out there. This is only one other memoir. (Possibly more coming out before this one.) This one combines her descriptions of the illness

“[A] landmark book . . . Solnit illustrates how the uprisings that begin on the streets can upend the status quo and topple authoritarian regimes” (Vice). A