Binka Le Breton

Life of Sr. Dorothy who was killed in 2005 in her mid 70s after dedicating much of her religious life to helping the people of Brazil become independent. Her murder was planned with a bounty on her head. I found this to be bogged down in the politics du jour while I would have preferred more about her, from her, in her own words. I do understand that the posthumous-ness of this made that difficult if not impossible. But it was good and inspirational to read about someone involved in something bigger than themself.… (plus d'informations)

Sister Dorothy Stang spent over half her life working with the poor in Brazil's Amazon region. She fought for the rights ot fhe small farmers against the loggers, ranchers, and speculators, for which she was murdered in 2005 at the age of 73.

This book is a history of her life, told in an odd form of interviews and stories. It is an interesting history, but the format was like reading a newspaper story, and it was distracting to me. It was interesting to learn about an area of the world that I have not known much about, and, although my (probably blasphemous) opinion about most martyrs is "What good did it do for you to die?" it appears that Sister Dorothy's death did rally the forces that needed rallying. Sometimes, that's what it takes.… (plus d'informations)