Interesting book about our possible future in regards to climate change, rewilding, geo technology, mass migration and consumption. Great performance by the readers!
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Review from The Ministry for the Future →
Daughter of Song is a truly remarkable book — gripping, earnest, deeply researched, and elegantly written. It is a triumph of genres ranging from investigative reportage and ethnographic study to family history and appeal for social justice. Doug’s ability to combine all these into one book is a testament to his versatility as a writer…
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Most chapters cover one of the two main characters, a traumatized survivor turned eco-terrorist (sorta) and the head of the ministry. Their story is interesting, but it is often interrupted with chapters on trying to save the arctic’s ice sheets, or surface level economic theory, or random “what am I?” diatribes about photons or the..
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An extraordinarily well-told tale of a young refugee daughter caught in the harsh judicial system. The narrator perfectly captures the author’s journey as he tells of his this family’s path from Cambodia, then through the prison apparatus and the clemency process. Superb book, leaves a lot to think about
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