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A review by melbsreads
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War by Leymah Gbowee
challenging
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Trigger warnings: war, rape, death, murder, death of a loved one, gun violence, domestic violence, child soldiers, alcoholism
Well this was brutal. Don't get me wrong, it was also an inspiring story about the determination of women in general and one woman in particular. But the discussion of the constant nature of war and bloodshed in Liberia and the impact on both the population and neighbouring countries was fairly relentless. And given that I'm 39 now and Leymah Gbowee was 39 when this book came out, it DOES (to paraphrase Emma Thompson in Love, Actually) put my almost complete lack of significant life accomplishments into rather harsh perspective...
Well this was brutal. Don't get me wrong, it was also an inspiring story about the determination of women in general and one woman in particular. But the discussion of the constant nature of war and bloodshed in Liberia and the impact on both the population and neighbouring countries was fairly relentless. And given that I'm 39 now and Leymah Gbowee was 39 when this book came out, it DOES (to paraphrase Emma Thompson in Love, Actually) put my almost complete lack of significant life accomplishments into rather harsh perspective...