Lisa J Shannon: 4 books
Mama Koko and the Hundred Gunmen
An Ordinary Familys Extraordinary Tale of Love, Loss, and Survival in Congo
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
International human rights activist Lisa Shannon spent many afternoons at the kitchen table having tea with her friend Francisca Thelin, who often spoke of her childhood in Congo. Thelin would conjure vivid images of lush flower gardens, fish the size of small children, and of children running barefoot...
A Thousand Sisters
My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
Lisa J. Shannon had a good life—a successful business, a fiancé, a home, and security. Then, one day in 2005, an episode of Oprah changed all that. The show focused on women in Congo, the worst place on earth to be a woman. She was awakened to the atrocities there—millions dead, women raped and...
Compelling Confessions
The Politics of Personal Disclosure
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2010
Compelling Confessions: The Politics of Personal Disclosure is a collection of essays whose shared purpose is to offer an accessible interdisciplinary exploration of the social dynamics behind confessional discourse. As various contributors to this collection demonstrate, confession is ubiquitous...
After Montaigne
Contemporary Essayists Cover the Essays
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Writers of the modern essay can trace their chosen genre all the way back to Michel de Montaigne (1533–92). But save for the recent notable best seller How to Live: A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell, Montaigne is largely ignored. After Montaigne—a collection of twenty-four new personal essays...