Nor Iron Bars a Cage

ISBN: 1934159506

Author: Thanegi, Ma

Condition: New

Ma Thanegi spent almost three years in Yangons infamous Insein Prison for the crime of being Daw Aung San Suu Kyis personal assistant. This is her account of those years. This is not only an account of life in one of the worlds most notorious prisons. Ma Thanegi tells how a wildly diverse group of women, from political prisoners to prostitutes and pickpockets, banded together to buoy up each others spirits and to maintain a semblance of normal life. We were supposed to be miserable and we were damned if wed oblige, says the irrepressible Ma Thanegi. She describes the inner bravery and joie de vivre that served her and her fellow-prisoners well, in an account that provides a moving example of how to withstand times of crisis.