The Burma Spring: Aung San Suu Kyi and the New Struggle for the Soul of a Nation Audiobook

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• “Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is one of the towering figures of our age: a tireless champion of democracy, freedom, and reconciliation. Rena Pederson captures Suu Kyi as few others have, producing a vivid account of the life of this remarkable woman. The Burma Spring is a valuable resource for anyone interested in contemporary Burma.”

  — Mitch McConnell

• “Tart and witty. Pederson’s book shines.”

  — Shelby Hearon, New York Times bestselling author

• “An ambitious and necessary work. An illuminating dossier about a heroic woman and a nation walking, slowly, toward a freer land.”

  — Cleveland Plain Dealer

• “The riveting story of Suu Kyi’s brutal imprisonment, deplorable maltreatment, astonishing inner strength, and ultimate survival is told with a historian’s appreciation for context and circumstance…in a complex and sweeping history of Burma’s centuries-old struggle to maintain a closed society, yet manifest its power on a global scale.”

  — Booklist (starred review)

• “Engagingly written and intelligently documented.”

  — Library Journal

• “The long, hard road to ‘national reconciliation’ wrought by Burmese national heroine Aung San Suu Kyi. Dallas journalist Pederson evokes the quiet, stubborn dignity of this rather improbable political icon of Myanmar, a multiethnic country of mostly Buddhists…Pederson visited her subject several times, and she draws a deeply nuanced portrait of the enigmatic, inspiring leader.”

  — Kirkus Reviews