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Originally Posted by Bluestar
I really enjoyed reading that. There are some amazing people out there and the well written link to how victorian women lived and Iranian women lived was very perceptive. It was really sad how much motivation they had and how much room they had to express it in.
I found it was a great gift to give to people as well.
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Me too - it made me want to go and read some of the books she talks about.
I like what she says about the role and importance of fiction and the imagination in cultivating our empathy for other human beings, and the fact that a dulling of empathy is the very worst thing that can happen to a person.