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A review by knowmadic_369
Little Daughter by Zoya Phan, Damien Lewis
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
There are very few books I feel is necessary to read. Little Daughter is one of them. Anyone who is not familiar with Burma should start here, with this personal account from Zoya Phan.
Up until I read this book, my knowledge of Burma was minimal. All I knew came from Youtube clips and online articles. Objective, factual accounts that are void of the emotional storm that actually rages over these matters. Zoya changed that. Reading her book is like hearing her personal story, with all the colourful strokes of anger, dispair, desperation, ambition, heroism, danger, and so much more that come with intimate conversations. I read through the last few chapters with tears streaming down my cheeks.
The world needs more memoirs like Little Daughter. We can not hide comfortably behind our computer screens and TV screens, watching brief clips with stoic voiceovers or narration, feeling so far removed from what we're seeing. We need to spend the hours, days, weeks necessary to read a book like Little Daughter, we need to listen to the voices of survivors and fighters directly so that we can truly be affected by the content of these books. Zoya succeeded in that with me.
Read this memoir. Let it touch you, let it instill a curiousity in you that will hopefully lead to more research. Better yet, if it's within your means, let Little Daughter ignite a desire to teach others, to act against the injustices that happen not just in Burma, but also around the world.
Up until I read this book, my knowledge of Burma was minimal. All I knew came from Youtube clips and online articles. Objective, factual accounts that are void of the emotional storm that actually rages over these matters. Zoya changed that. Reading her book is like hearing her personal story, with all the colourful strokes of anger, dispair, desperation, ambition, heroism, danger, and so much more that come with intimate conversations. I read through the last few chapters with tears streaming down my cheeks.
The world needs more memoirs like Little Daughter. We can not hide comfortably behind our computer screens and TV screens, watching brief clips with stoic voiceovers or narration, feeling so far removed from what we're seeing. We need to spend the hours, days, weeks necessary to read a book like Little Daughter, we need to listen to the voices of survivors and fighters directly so that we can truly be affected by the content of these books. Zoya succeeded in that with me.
Read this memoir. Let it touch you, let it instill a curiousity in you that will hopefully lead to more research. Better yet, if it's within your means, let Little Daughter ignite a desire to teach others, to act against the injustices that happen not just in Burma, but also around the world.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Murder, and War
Moderate: Confinement, Blood, and Death of parent
Minor: Rape, Torture, and Mass/school shootings