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77/100Critics
53/100Scholars
Author:
Chelsea Manning
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date:
October 18, 2022
A memoir from activist and whistleblower Chelsea Manningâsharing her life story as a soldier and her journey as a womanâhat is a manifesto for transparency of identity for all.
What The Reviewers Say
README.txt describes in painful, affecting detail what happened as a result of the U.S. Army intelligence analyst’s decision in 2010.
We may know some facts of this story, but what we cannot know as an abstract fact — what we can only feel through Manning’s unfurling of narrative detail — is the texture of her choices.
Gripping.
At times, README.txt is vague; some sections have been blacked out, presumably on legal advice. Manning claims to have seen more than she ever disclosed, things she 'will never reveal'.
