Fortune Favors the Brave: An Extraordinary Memoir

by Kiri Westby

Overview

From inside an interrogation session by the Chinese Secret Police, a young American activist recounts her path into global human rights work, exploring critical lessons on privilege and compassion in the context of war and extreme suffering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781954968202
Publisher:	Waterside Productions
Publication date:	06/01/2021
Pages:	271
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.06(h) x 1.02(d)
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years

About the Author

Kiri Westby has spent decades working, writing, activating, and speaking out on human rights in conflict zones around the world. She made headlines in 2007 when she was arrested and forced to disappear by the Chinese government. After ten years of blogging for international media, this is her first book.

Editorial Reviews

Kiri Westby is a walking miracle of a person, and her brave and beautiful book gives a thrilling ride through a life dedicated to freedom and love, hurtling straight in the face of some of the most horrendous situations people have recklessly created for each other on our endangered planet. I couldn’t stop reading it, enjoyed every vividly written page, and relished n the whole blessed secret world she reveals of totemic action women heroes who never give up. The special delight of it comes from the sense I get that they are certain to prevail, no matter how stubborn seem the pseudo-powerful, blue meany bad guys everywhere! You all should read this book!”
- Robert A.F. Tenzin Thurman, Professor Emeritus, Columbia University, Author, Grandpa, Activist.

“I couldn’t put it down. Kiri really took the heroine’s journey. She’s a fearless woman and an engaging writer. I really hated every time I had to set it down. She had me fascinated by her story!”
- Ellen Burstyn. Academy Award Wining Actor, Writer, and Teacher.

“In this fierce, heartbreaking, beautiful book, Kiri Westby describes her near-fatal descent into the heart of darkness, and how she came back with compassion and fury. As a boots- on-the-ground activist and born Buddhist, barely out of her teens, she set out to save the world and came to meet a group of extraordinary women who taught her what it means to be brave in the terrible face of violence and fear. I am deeply moved by her bravery and grateful for her wisdom.”
- Mark Matousek, Author of When You’re Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living

“Recently, I picked up Fortune Favors The Brave and I was blown away! It was a visceral and compelling expression of human—and particularly feminine—heart power, leaving me breathless, humbled, and in awe. I praise Kiri’s spirit, which burns brightly through every page, and I feel privileged to have been touched by her bold and generous wisdom.” -Linus Roache, Award Winning Actor, Writer, and Global Activist.

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