Tamil Tigress - My Story As a Child Soldier in Sri Lanka''s Bloody Civil War

In 1987, seventeen-year-old Niromi de Soyza shocked her middle-class Sri Lankan family by joining the Tamil Tigers. Equipped with a rifle and cyanide capsule she was one of the rebels' first female soldiers. Now married and living in suburban Sydney, this is her story of her time as a guerrilla.

About the author

Niromi de Soyza speaks fluent Tamil and Sinhalese and writes vivid beautiful English. For many years she worked for the Red Cross in Sydney, where she still lives with her husband and two young children.

Summary

In 1987, seventeen-year-old Niromi de Soyza shocked her middle-class Sri Lankan family by joining the Tamil Tigers. Equipped with a rifle and cyanide capsule she was one of the rebels' first female soldiers. Now married and living in suburban Sydney, this is her story of her time as a guerrilla.

Product details

• Authors: Niromi de Soyza
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2016
• EAN: 9781760293260
• ISBN: 978-1-76029-326-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, True war & combat stories, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, General and world history, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare