tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post3074433064845451870..comments2024-03-12T09:44:18.874-07:00Comments on Howling Frog Books: Every Secret ThingJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-83517612018712420542019-10-10T13:39:30.477-07:002019-10-10T13:39:30.477-07:00Yeah, she does talk about that a lot, so you could...Yeah, she does talk about that a lot, so you could read it and see. I think now it's published under a new title, Patty Hearst's Own Story or something. 'Every Secret Thing' does not actually make a ton of sense as a title.<br /><br />What she says is that she didn't think of escaping as a real option; she figured either the Harrises or the FBI would kill her, and she didn't think she had a choice to do anything else. Sort of, "this is my life now, the end." She also speaks a good bit about the effects of talking the talk for so long. And I think you can't discount the physical effects either; she was in bad shape.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-40501538361519776842019-10-10T11:43:10.981-07:002019-10-10T11:43:10.981-07:00After reading this review I went and got the Toobi...After reading this review I went and got the Toobin book from my local library. According to that book she was hanging around for like, a year, with the two remaining members (Bill and Emily Harris) after most of the SLA died. Does she talk about that at all? <br />According to them, they were all trying to get rid of her. They even sent her on a drive across the US with an elderly couple who were not revolutionaries, and were trying to convince her to go back to her family. She wouldn't go. After that she came back to rob banks to plant bombs and "kill some pigs." When she was caught she gave her occupation to police as "Urban Guerrilla." <br />But, after a month in jail with non-SLA people, she was perfectly happy to testify against all her former comrades. <br />It seems to me that "Stockholm Syndrome" is a real thing, and a deeper instinct than we understand. <br />But in Toobin's book it also seems like Hearst has no introspection abilities at all. To her, everything she's ever done is either the right choice, or someone else's fault. Which just flips around at her convenience.<br />I guess I should read "Every Secret Thing" just to get her side and see if Toobin represented it well.jrleekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365970821072839234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-55414871685824206122019-09-30T16:47:40.960-07:002019-09-30T16:47:40.960-07:00Ooh, super interesting! I don't know too much ...Ooh, super interesting! I don't know too much about the Patty Hearst case, but I kepe meaning to read that Jeffrey Toobin book American Heiress that talks about the whole situation. I'm very much inclined to believe that she didn't have a choice, so I'm sympathetic.Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.com