Comments on: On Reading — Reading for a Cause

By: Maxx96

Maxx96 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:26:09 +0000

Any other advices, are welcome. ,

By: Blog Action Day: Poverty

Blog Action Day: Poverty — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:41:49 +0000

[...] very much. Heather just posted earlier this week about a book that helped raise her awareness about social justice (FYI, there [...]

By: Heather Goodman

Heather Goodman — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:27:23 +0000

This woman amazed and shamed me. I need to learn from her courage.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:37:39 +0000

What a special book! Thanks for alerting us, Heather.

By: Christianne

Christianne — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:38:12 +0000

Great review, Heather. I agree that presence is healing. It’s how Christ actually touches others.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:16:52 +0000

I am going to go get this book asap. I love a good memoir and this looks to be a good one. I love to be inspiered by what i read. She sounds like a brave woman.

By: Jennifer, Snapshot

Jennifer, Snapshot — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:22:07 +0000

Heather–

I DO love memoir, and I think it’s mostly for the reasons you mentioned. I tend to get pulled right into the person’s story — it’s like sitting and talking to a friend and hearing her story.

And yes, whether it’s about human rights and suffering, as in this case, or drug rehabilitation or poverty or whatever — I end up changed. More compassionate towards that issue.

Thanks for telling us about this book. I love the cover. I don’t know if that’s the author, but I know it represents her happiness at being free and being able to free those other young girls.