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Something Fierce

Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter
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May 22, 2012VIRLGirl rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
This was both a fascinating and a somewhat frustrating read. Fascinating because it detailed from the inside a type of revolutionary lifestyle most of us know very little about. Frustrating because many key details were obscured or deliberately omitted.We are not told specifically what revolutionary activities she carries out, nor what type of "goods" they are hiding in walls or on their persons (perhaps because we might judge her more harshly if we knew all). I became disturbed to know that Canada's hospitality to her and her family allowed them to use this new home as a base for trips back to various South American countries to try to destabilize their governments, repressive or not. By the end, I felt it was a self-serving account, and it did not make me feel as warmly toward her cause as she might have imagined it would.