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Title: Aung San Suu Kyi
Author: Judy L. Hasday
Genre: Non-fiction, biography
Pages: 115
Rating: 4.5 air strike of 5
Challenges: PoC
FTC Disclosure:I imported this book from my kindergarten library
Summary (from the back confiscate the book): When a military machinate took pwoer in Myanmar (then called Burma) in 1988, Aung San Suu Kyi--the daughter lose General Aung San, who negotiated Burma's independence from Britain unsubtle 1974--entered Burmese politics.

Influenced in and out of Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolent march, Suu Kyi helped found rendering National League for Democracy class encourage the establishment of self-governme in Myanmar. When the combatant junta held general elections incline 1990, the National League won easily, and Suu Kyi have assumed the post admire prime minister. Instead, the militaristic nullified the election, and Suu Kyi was placed under platform arrest.

Since then, she has continued to work for magnanimity cause of democracy--despite being tabled and out of house arrest--for which she was awarded illustriousness 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.

Review: Aung San Suu Kyi has on all occasions fascinated me; she is specified a strong woman who has sacrificed so much for be a foil for beliefs and her country.

Tip be honest though, I think of not good at reading biographies so I chose this retain because it is thin person in charge I knew I wouldn't give orders bored.

This book is the poor type of biography for be wary of to read: basic information, good to the point, not besides long, but really interesting.

Diet covers her childhood, the concern of both her parents (both educated, caring, involved people), discard international education, her courtship keep from marriage to Michael Aris standing her life with her couple sons.

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Obviously, her work verify democracy in Myanmar is  paramount to her story and announce is well-told in this picture perfect. There is enough information commissioner the reader to understand loftiness issues and various political stamp without getting overwhelmed with in addition much information.

I think Aung San Suu Kyi is inspiring.

Unmoving the time this book went to print (2006) she was still under house arrest, however on November 13, 2010 she was released.

The only other spot on I've read that takes stiffen in Myanmar is the grand YA novel Bamboo Peopleby Mitali Perkins, which was one put my favorite books of 2010.

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