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SPEECH, AND BECAME A FEMINIST REBEL, by Bettina F. Aptheker. $16.95, 978-1-58005- 160-6. A courageous and uncompromising account of one woman’s personal and political transformation, and a fascinating portrayal of a key chapter in our nation’s history.

TALES FROM THE EXPAT HAREM: FOREIGN WOMEN IN MODERN TURKEY, edited by Anastasia M. Ashman and Jennifer Eaton Gökmen. $15.95. 978-1-58005-155-2. Female expats from different countries describe how the Turkish landscape, psyche, people, and customs transformed their lives.

VOICES OF RESISTANCE: MUSLIM WOMEN ON WAR, FAITH, AND SEXUALITY, edited by Sarah Husain. $16.95, 978-1-58005-181-1. A collection of essays and poetry on war, faith, suicide bombing, and sexuality, this book reveals the anger, pride, and pain of Muslim women.

ES CUBA: LIFE AND LOVE ON AN ILLEGAL ISLAND, by Lea Aschkenas. $15.95, 978-1-58005-179-8. This triumphant love story captures a beautiful and intangible sense of sadness and admiration for the country of Cuba and for its people.

THE MATERNAL IS POLITICAL: WOMEN WRITERS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MOTHERHOOD AND SOCIAL CHANGE, edited by Shari MacDonald Strong. $15.95, 978-1-58005-243-6. Exploring the vital connection between motherhood and social change, The Maternal Is Political features thirty powerful literary essays by women striving to make the world a better place for children and families—both their own and other women’s.

A THOUSAND SISTERS

My Journey Into the Worst Place on Earth to be a Woman

Copyright © 2010 by Lisa J. Shannon

Page 225. Komunyakaa, Yusef. © 1998

“You and I Are Disappearing,” from Dien Cai Dau.

Reprinted with permission by Wesleyan University Press.

Published by

Seal Press

A Member of the Perseus Books Group

1700 Fourth Street

Berkeley, California

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without written permission from the publisher, except by reviewers who may quote brief excerpts in connection with a review.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Shannon, Lisa, 1975-

A thousand sisters : my journey of hope into the worst place on earth to be a woman / by Lisa Shannon.

p. cm.

eISBN : 978-1-580-05346-4

1. Shannon, Lisa, 1975- 2. Women and war—Congo (Democratic Republic) 3. Women refugees—Congo (Democratic Republic) 4. War victims—Congo (Democratic Republic) 5. Civil war—Congo (Democratic Republic) 6. Humanitarian assistance, American—Congo (Democratic Republic) I.

Title.

HQ1805.5.S53 2010

305.9’0695082096751—dc22

2009025391