It is sad to think that in this day and age, women still fight for their rights. Whether it is to be safe from abusers, safe from oppression or safe to walk down the street, women today still face issues that should have been conquered long ago. Teaching children how to treat others with respect is the cure to this issue but for many cultures that long term solution will never become reality. I was asked to review a book that brings to the reader the stories of three completely different women who do not know each other yet are wound together in this novel that brings to light women’s issues across the globe.
Tell Me Of Brave Women by Laura Riley
Publisher: HB Stowe Press; Fiction edition
Publish Date: May 1, 2014
ISBN-13: 978-0615827018
Overview:
In this exciting novel, three dynamic women stand up to old traditions and fight abuse in new ways. Samara, a famous storyteller, creates Secret Sisters, an underground society that shelters battered women in the Middle East. She’s hunted for her beliefs and stalked for her beauty. Thelma, a tough waitress in Appalachia, witnesses a beating, gets a gun, and changes Samara’s destiny forever. Evangelina, a South American teen, is forced to be a drug lords sex-slave until she’s emboldened to flee to Secret Sisters. To escape, she must use a killer’s own tactics against him. Through escalating dangers, the three heroic women battle abuse and wager their lives for liberty.
My Thoughts:
Even though this is a work of fiction, this story comes right out of the headlines today. Mirroring the trials and stories of women from Muslim countries, South America and right here in the USA, we meet three vastly different women that are all a victim or fighting for the same cause – Women’s Rights.
This is not your typical light read. While the story is written in a conversational manner and is quick to get through, the subject matter is tough in parts. The author lets you meet other women and men that are freedom fighters that come together for similar causes and eventually end up working for the same goal, bound together through their personal plight.
The author has taken a tough subject and brought it into the women’s fiction genre where it can get the attention it deserves since many would not read a nonfiction novel with this subject matter. The storyline is very interesting for each of the three women and it flows pretty well. There are some areas that seemed a bit choppy with short sentences and jumps, but the writing overall is well done, very detailed and in depth. The author is a professional in this subject matter and it shows.
While this is a story that every women needs to read for the information, it is not a story that you will take lightly. Frowns and smiles and maybe a few tears will be shed in indignation over this book, but you will be glad you read it! Maybe it will help someone you know down the road! Put it on your reading list.
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You are right when you say that it’s a shame that women still have these issues to live with every day. From your description I thought at first that it was non-fiction, as it could very well be. I like the style in which this book was written. A subject like this needs to be well thought out in order to be easy to read.
You make a very good point on this being in the right genre. Many people can benefit and enjoy these lessons but don’t want non-fiction due to the thought that it will be dry and long. This gives it the place the book needs so we all can reach for it. Victimization happens every day in every part of the world and in various situations. I’m glad that there are people fighting for rights, and we need to realize how big a problem this is and how much power a single person can have.
Exactly Sherry! It starts with a single person making a stand and a choice to not be a victim any more
This is a timely topic. I watch at least three episodes a week of the Special Victims Unit version of Law & Order and get mad almost every time, how people are horribly victimized, especially women. Good to think about tough issues like this but never easy.