Description: This book, the culmination of the life's work of noted oral historian Fran Leeper Buss, combines interviews, memoir, theory, and analysis to explore the ways in which some women are able to redeem memories of traumatic experiences by going on to become social justice activists.
Brief description: Miriam Davidson is a journalist, author and editor whose works include Convictions of the Heart: Jim Corbett and the Sanctuary Movement (1988), Lives on the Line: Dispatches from the U.S.-Mexico Border (2000), and The Beloved Border: Humanity and Hope in a Contested Land (2021).
Review Quotes: "Renowned oral historian Fran Leeper Buss's posthumous work, ably edited by her longtime friend Miriam Davidson, demonstrates the healing power of recounting trauma via oral history testimony for both teller and listener .. Leeper Buss affirms the power of oral testimony to create human connection and reminds readers that the voices of the silenced must be heard. Essential [for] all readers." --CHOICE