In a troubled era of unrest, 19-year-old California heiress Patricia Hearst was kidnapped and transformed into an urban terrorist. Here is the story as only the person who lived it can tell it. Now a major motion picture, starring Natasha Richardson.
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27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Tania was the icon of her time,
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This review is from: Patty Hearst Her Story (Mass Market Paperback)
As Tania, Patty Hearst was the main icon of her time. Her experiences force not just Ms. Hearst but all of us to question to what extent we have free will and to what extent we are subject to larger forces over which we have no control. Kidnapped and locked in a closet, Ms. Hearst had no real choice but to join her captors and rob banks under her new name "Tania". And yet there was something chillingly real about Tania too. It's hard to put a finger on it, but Tania's performance seemed like something more than just a kidnap victim acting under duress. Even though the change may have happened under duress, ultimately Patty Hearst really did become Tania. Because Ms. Hearst was once Symbionese, she understands the Symbionese mindset perfectly and therefore her autobiography has incredible power behind it. The book also raises, for me, a more optimistic question: if we can be forced to make profound, and undesirable, changes in ourselves through forced changes in our environment, could not we also, at our own initiative, make profound positive changes in ourselves by choosing the correct environment?
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Riveting, incredible, and hard to believe.,
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This review is from: Patty Hearst Her Story (Mass Market Paperback)
If you're too young to recall the events of the Patty Hearst abduction, this book will certainly capture your interest. If you do remember the events that took place in September of 1974, you will also want to read this book because it also reintroduces many social events that were taking place during that era that in retrospect seem very silly. I would recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of the 1970's
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A must read, in order to solve your curiosity of Patty!,
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This review is from: Patty Hearst Her Story (Mass Market Paperback)
I was not even born when around the era of Patty Hearst. But having visited the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, it really caught my attention. After having read the book I now have a better image of what happened and from her side. If you thought she was guilty before, you wont after reading this I gave it only 4 stars because I thought she could have talked more about her life after the SLA and the trial so that we could know what she is doing now and how she managed to get her life back together.
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