Melissa's comments
(member since Jan 03, 2008)
Melissa's comments from the Social Change & Activism group.
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A good book about the first 1-2 years in Iraq is: Imperial Life in the Emerald City:Inside Iraq's Green Zone. It covers the reign of Paul Bremer and the CPA. I kept thinking "Why the h*ll did they do that?!" throughout the entire book.
My Forbidden Face:Growing Up Under the Taliban, is not extremely well written, but is a real and disturbing account of what life was like for a woman during the Taliban rule.
I enjoy the following 2 books because they have an amazing "look what one person can do" story. And they are not too heavy if you are just getting into this area of reading as I am too.
Mountains Beyond Mountains - Tracy Kidder
Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin
Maud,
Your comments about where the US is headed are very on point as far as I am concerned. I know this thread is about fiction as social activism but have you read (non-fiction) The End of America by Naomi Wolf? Also, the group American Freedom Campaign shows that a growing number of Americans are speaking out on the dangers of the loss of civil liberties and the expansion of executive power.
http://www.americanfreedomcampaign.org
I have found lately the books that have stirred my ire are non-fiction. I have been devouring books on Iraq, Afghanistan and the Bush administration.
