What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
By: Carolyn Forché
4.44
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The powerful story of a young poet who becomes an activist through a trial by fire What You Have…
Want to Read $ 10.99"...it was becoming obvious that the war he had been anticipating, "in three to five years" might have already begun, as many wars do begin, he said, not with a major event reported in the news but with sufferings barely noticed: an unjust law, a murder, a peaceful protest march attacked by police. It begins, according to Leonel, with poverty endured by many and corruption benefiting the few, with crimes unpunished, a hardening of positions, the failure of peaceful means of appeal and redress."-Carolyn Forché, What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
"...it was becoming obvious that the war he had been anticipating, "in three to five years" might have already begun, as many wars do begin, he said, not with a major event reported in the news but with sufferings barely noticed: an unjust law, a murder, a peaceful protest march attacked by police. It begins, according to Leonel, with poverty endured by many and corruption benefiting the few, with crimes unpunished, a hardening of positions, the failure of peaceful means of appeal and redress."-Carolyn Forché, What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
If you liked the war plot in What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance by Carolyn Forché , here is a list of 6 books like this:
1. Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory
By: Lydia Reeder
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling, cinematic story. I loved every minute I spent with these bold, daring women whose rem… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Lydia Reeder's Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- history
- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"A coach is not supposed to win popularity contests, Vera. Only games."-Lydia Reeder, Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory
"Coaching young women to be precise, skilled, and strong became Babb’s calling. And his first-ever coaching job ended with a winning season."-Lydia Reeder, Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory
"Doll took a deep breath and willed herself to relax. She hoped that since she was the team captain, others would follow her lead and focus on the task at hand."-Lydia Reeder, Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory
2. Unaccompanied
By: Javier Zamora
3.89
Format: 7 pages, Paperback
This gorgeous debut speaks with heart-wrenching intimacy and first-hand experience to the hot-butto… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Javier Zamora's Unaccompanied book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- poetry
- biography
- memoir
- politics
- nonfiction
3. The Last Thing He Wanted
By: Joan Didion
4.72
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
In her first novel in twelve years, the legendary author of Play It As It Laysand Slouching Toward … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Joan Didion's The Last Thing He Wanted book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- politics
4. Salvador
By: Joan Didion
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Terror is the given of the place." The place is El Salvador in 1982, at the ghastly height of its … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Joan Didion's Salvador book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
5. Dance With Snakes
By: Horacio Castellanos Moya , None
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
As El Salvador returns to peace after more than a decade of civil war, Eduardo Sosa, an unemployed … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Horacio Castellanos Moya's Dance With Snakes book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
6. A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
By: Nathan Thrall
4.35
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION Named a Best Book of the Year by The N… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Nathan Thrall's A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- history
- biography
- memoir
- politics
- war
- nonfiction
- audiobook
7. How to Say Babylon
By: Safiya Sinclair
4.47
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
With echoes of Educated and Born a Crime, How to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s … read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Safiya Sinclair's How to Say Babylon book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- poetry
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"As I grew older, I knew I would never be his perfect Rasta daughter. I was too headstrong, too curious. Too much of myself, and not enough of him."-Safiya Sinclair, How to Say Babylon
8. When the World Didn't End: A Memoir
By: Guinevere Turner
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this immersive, spell-binding memoir, an acclaimed screenwriter tells the story of her childhood… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Guinevere Turner's When the World Didn't End: A Memoir book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
9. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
By: Sebastian Junger
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Sebastian Junger's In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
10. Ordinary Notes
By: Christina Sharpe
4.55
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
A singular achievement, Ordinary Notes explores profound questions about loss and the shapes of Bla… read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Christina Sharpe's Ordinary Notes book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- poetry
- history
- memoir
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
By: Jonathan Blitzer
4.49
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the so… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Jonathan Blitzer's Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
12. Music for the Dead and Resurrected: Poems
By: Valzhyna Mort
4.08
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL GRIFFIN PRIZE NAMED ONE OF THE BEST POETRY BOOKS OF 2020 BY The New Yor… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Valzhyna Mort's Music for the Dead and Resurrected: Poems book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- poetry
- war
13. What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
By: Carolyn Forché
4.44
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The powerful story of a young poet who becomes an activist through a trial by fire What You Have… read more
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- poetry
- history
- biography
- memoir
- politics
- war
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
"...it was becoming obvious that the war he had been anticipating, "in three to five years" might have already begun, as many wars do begin, he said, not with a major event reported in the news but wi…"-Carolyn Forché, What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
14. The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth
By: Elizabeth Rush
4.12
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and motherhood from the author of Risi… read more
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in Elizabeth Rush's The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
"It occurred to me... I ought to treat Antarctica not as a desolate outpost at the end of the earth but as a place where life begins."-Elizabeth Rush, The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth
15. I.M.: A Memoir
By: Isaac Mizrahi
3.95
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Isaac Mizrahi is sui generis: designer, cabaret performer, talk-show host, a TV celebrity. Yet ever… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Isaac Mizrahi's I.M.: A Memoir book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. The End of Eden: Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Breakdown
By: Adam Welz
4.32
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory exploration of climate change from the perspective of wild species and natural ecosyst… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Adam Welz's The End of Eden: Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Breakdown book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
17. Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
By: Aviva Chomsky
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Restores the region's fraught history of repression and resistance to popular consciousness and con… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Aviva Chomsky's Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- history
- politics
- war
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Very few US Americans can name a single political leader in Central America. We have the privilege of “forgetting"-Aviva Chomsky, Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
"Paradoxically, they needed Indians to be Indians at the same time they needed to define all that was Indian as inferior and in need of Spanish domination."-Aviva Chomsky, Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
"For intellectuals and elites, invisibilizing and forgetting are a way of creating blissful ignorance that allows them to enjoy their privilege without acknowledging its basis in exploitation. Forgett…"-Aviva Chomsky, Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
"Large-scale Central American migration to the United States dates to the civil wars of the 1980s and came primarily from El Salvador and Guatemala. Most came fleeing political violence, and their pre…"-Aviva Chomsky, Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
18. Gunflint Falling: Blowdown in the Boundary Waters
By: Cary J. Griffith
3.88
Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition
Stories from survivors of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness’s epochal weather disaster O… read more
Want to Read $ 15.31Similar categories in Cary J. Griffith's Gunflint Falling: Blowdown in the Boundary Waters book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- history
- nonfiction
19. Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and the Revolution in the Americas
By: Roberto Lovato
4.28
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
A timely and no-holds-barred tale of gang life, guerilla warfare, immigration, and intergenerationa… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Roberto Lovato's Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and the Revolution in the Americas book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- history
- biography
- memoir
- politics
- war
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Forgetting begets forgetting begets ongoing mass murder."-Roberto Lovato, Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and the Revolution in the Americas
20. The Bird Tattoo
By: Dunya Mikhail
3.69
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A powerful and sweeping novel set over two tumultuous decades in Iraq from the National Book Award-… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Dunya Mikhail's The Bird Tattoo book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- war
- audiobook
21. On The Front Line: Guerilla Poems of El Salvador
By: Claribel Alegría
4.42
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
More than poetry of combat, this bilingual edition is a record of the struggles, hopes and dreams o… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Claribel Alegría's On The Front Line: Guerilla Poems of El Salvador book and Carolyn Forché's What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
- poetry
