An extraordinarily brave and moving memoir from one of the world's most famous whistle-blowers
activists and trans women. In 2013 Chelsea Manning was sentenced to thirty-five years in
military prison for the largest leak of classified documents in history. The next day Chelsea
declared her gender identity as a woman and began to transition. In this radically candid
memoir Chelsea recounts how her challenging youth led her to join the US Army. She writes of
the fierce pride she took in her work the risks of the military's queer underground and the
wider culture of silence and unaccountability. She describes fifty-nine days locked in an iron
cage after her fateful decision and the community of solidarity she later discovered in prison.
Above all we see the phenomenal courage and resilience it took to survive and become a global
advocate for transparency. 'A terrific read full of unexpected turns and details that counter
many of the assumptions made about Manning' GUARDIAN 'Brilliantly told' THE TIMES
'Searing...uplifting...redemptive' NEW YORK TIMES 'A full and expansive account of Manning's
life one which is often harrowing but funny and poignant too' DAZED
