A Woman of Independence, A story of love and the birth of a new nation

Judul	:	A Woman of Independence, A story of love and the birth of a new nation
Penulis	:	Kirsty Sword Gusmão
Penerbit	:	Pan Macmillan Australia
Bahasa	:	Inggris
Tahun Cetak	:	2005
Halaman	:	320
ISBN	:	0 330 422212 X.
Harga	:	Rp. 145.000
Status	:	Ada

From her first visit to East Timor in 1990, Kirsty Sword fell in love with the country and its people and became determined to help them in their seemingly hopeless strunggle for independence. Little did she know then where her passion for the cause would lead her.

Over the next decade, Kirsty worked as an undercover activist in Jakarta, becoming an increasingly valuable operative within the East Timorese independence movement. In 1994 her work brought her into contact with the jailed leader of the resistence movement, Xanana Gusmão. Through their letters, smuggled in and out of his prison, they fell in love. It was a passion sustained even after Kristy was compelled to flee Indonesia one step ahead of its feared intelligence service. Not until the fall of President Suharto and Xanana’s subsequent release from prison was Kristy finally reunited with the revered independence leader.

Working beside Xanana, Kristy found herself at the very centre of the epic events that saw East Timor freed from Indonesia occupation. Today, the former guerrilla commander and the activist live together as president and first lady, with their three children, in a country where fear has been replaced by hope.

A Woman of Independence is the story of an incredible love affair, and the passion and courage it takes to free a nation.