README.txt

A Memoir

De: Chelsea Manning

Narrado por: Chelsea Manning

"Manning reads her book in a sharp voice that is clearly accustomed to marshaling information..."- Washington Post

"[Manning's] text and performance create a blistering autobiography that is both observant and instructive."- AudioFile

"In both content and narration, Manning displays a keen ability to imbue this detailed account of her life and activism with both sarcasm and sincerity." - Library Journal

"In this revealing memoir, Manning details her experience in military intelligence and her ultimate decision to share classified information with WikiLeaks in this revealing memoir. Listeners will appreciate Manning’s voice as she explores her reasoning for her decisions and accepts her fate with dignity."- Booklist

This program is read by the author.

An intimate, revealing memoir from one of the most important activists of our time.

While working as an intelligence analyst in Iraq for the United States Army in 2010, Chelsea Manning disclosed more than seven hundred thousand classified military and diplomatic records that she had smuggled out of the country on the memory card of her digital camera. In 2011 she was charged with twenty-two counts related to the unauthorized possession and distribution of classified military records, and in 2013 she was sentenced to thirty-five years in military prison.

The day after her conviction, Manning declared her gender identity as a woman and began to transition, seeking hormones through the federal court system. In 2017, President Barack Obama commuted her sentence and she was released from prison.

In README.txt, Manning recounts how her pleas for increased institutional transparency and government accountability took place alongside a fight to defend her rights as a trans woman. Manning details the challenges of her childhood and adolescence as a naive, computer-savvy kid, what drew her to the military, and the fierce pride she has about the work she does. This powerful, observant memoir will stand as one of the definitive testaments of our digital, information-driven age.

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Review

A very important story to be told, one I would recommend any adult listen to. Ms. Manning's performance has some flaws, but I found it did not negatively impact my listening experience.

She’s incredible, very inspiring

It is so inspiring hearing how much she had to endure. How hard she had to fight to be herself. How she never gave up on learning, and being the best version of herself. I wish it was longer and dove into some of her after prison life and the ups and downs of recovering from that hell hole and returning to life. Also perhaps the joys that came with finally being herself outside of the prison walls. Nonetheless it was an excellent listen, she has a great voice.

amazing

If perfect could be a book, this would most certainly be it. Incredible incredible incredible!

An amazing author

This was a great book and an amazing storyline. It’s wild that in 2020 this was still going on. Happy that it’s over for her meaning her time in jail.

amazing

i never thought i would get to hear her story as told by her let alone read by her. this is an important read.