Leila tells her story as an Iranian woman, trapped in her own imagination of freedom but have to abide by fate. In an ordinary traditional family, men have the highest authority in the household and women have to stay at home to handle all the household chores. Leila, who was…
"To appreciate the value of freedom one must first be denied it. To know real fear gives special meaning and yearning to being free of fear." At the beginning of the book, Deng Adut shares a glimpse of some of his best childhood memories with his family before…
"I don't dare do anything anymore, 'cause I'm afraid it's not allowed" Anne received a new diary as one of her birthday presents and began to write about her life after two days of her birthday, 12th June. The journal started with a brief story of her birthday,…
This book came to my attention last year when I read an article or news about a homeless man who lived in the forest but later became a professor. Who wouldn't get captured by such inspirational and miraculous story which gives hope to anyone especially for those who are still…
"Because your soul is extremely simple, but when you will be perfect, you will be even more simple; the closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes." I never heard of St. Therese before this until I was looking for any advice or suggestions on how to…
I got to know a lot of history from this book. I didn't know there was such a controversial history between New Zealander and South African rugby team in 1981 Springbok tour. My most favourite story from this book is the 1987 Fiji coup. It's difficult to believe such a…
Chaotic. A lot of imprisonments until I have lost count with the offence and some of the imprisonments had no reasons at all. I guess if someone committed something which offended their "rules" or Chairman Mao, there was no way out for the rest of his life even if he…
The prologue shares the experience of Urzila Carlson's first comedy gig in a bar in Auckland, New Zealand. In the book, she tells us the story of her upbringing in a complicated family but her positive personality never get affected at all. Within the complicated relationship among the family members…
Constantly being suspected, accused, watched, doubted, distrusted, presumed guilty and even feared is a burden borne by people of color that can't be understood or confronted without a deeper conversation about our history of racial injustice. In the beginning, Bryan Stevenson was a philosophy student. When he realised it's a…
This book is not a typical autobiography with long sentences and bombastic words written in a serious manner. This autobiography is worth for a casual read which consists of funny stories based on Ellen's life. Most importantly, it's about what she thinks, and she points out some of the cruel…