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Tamil Tigress : My Story as a Child Soldier in Sri Lanka's Bloody Civil War by Niromi de Soyza (2012, Trade Paperback)

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Two days before Christmas in 1987, at the age of 17, Niromi de Soyza found herself in an ambush as part of a small platoon of militant Tamil Tigers fighting government forces in the bloody civil war that was to engulf Sri Lanka for decades. With her was her lifelong friend, Ajanthi, also aged 17. Leaving behind them their shocked middle-class families, the teenagers had become part of the Tamil Tigers' first female contingent. Equipped with little more than a rifle and a cyanide capsule, Niromi's group managed to survive on their wits in the jungle, facing not only the perils of war but starvation, illness, and growing internal tensions among the militant Tigers. And then events erupted in ways that she could no longer bear. How was it that this well-educated, mixed-race, middle-class girl from a respectable family came to be fighting with the Tamil Tigers? Today she lives in Sydney with her husband and children; but Niromi de Soyza is not your ordinary woman and this is her compelling story.

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Publisher
Allen & Unwin
ISBN-10
1742375189
ISBN-13
9781742375182
eBay Product ID (ePID)
112973220

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Book Title
Tamil Tigress : My Story As a Child Soldier in Sri Lanka's Bloody Civil War
Author
Niromi De Soyza
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Women, Personal Memoirs, Revolutionary, Asia / India & South Asia
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
310 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
15.4 Oz

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"Readers will both empathize with and judge de Soyza's experiences in the Tamil struggle as she candidly shares the messy truths of what occurred in the jungle and how she came to leave the Tigers behind." - Publishers Weekly, "[The book] shows how corrupting and demoralizing war can be, regardless of which side you are on." - BUST magazine
Copyright Date
2011
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
954.9303092
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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