A Thousand Little Deaths
On an otherwise normal morning at a private school for girls, a 15-year-old student is picked up by soldiers and sent to a military camp, becoming one of the thousands of political prisoners arrested under Ferdinand Marcos' repressive regime in the 1970s. A year earlier, Marcos had declared martial law and a military government effectively took over the Philippines. After her release, Vicky Pinpin-Feinstein was required to report to camp, her probation lasting five years. She was never charged and was never told why she was arrested. The effects of prison and the long-term probation makes Vicky’s story an authentic representation of the pernicious effects of dictatorship and tyranny, effects that pervaded a life for decades to come. This is a historically vital memoir, not only moving in its rendition of what life was like for a young innocent girl, but also for its incisive analysis of the political forces that wrecked democratic ideals in a country where politics and violence have always worked together for the benefit of the few.
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Vicky Pinpin-Feinstein left the Philippines for the United States to work as a member of an international research team on the roles of women portrayed on television across five countries. She holds graduate degrees in Telecommunications Policy and Political Science and worked for the East-West Center, the Smithsonian, and public television. She has consulted on telecommunications policy, and information and communication technologies in international development for the World Bank, UNESCO, AusAid, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, as well as private and non-profit organizations. She has also written about organizations using social giving strategies for community development initiatives in the developing world.
Taking a step back from consulting, she decided to take creative writing courses and has since written and published a memoir. She is currently at work on her second book about Ethiopian Americans in the Washington DC area.
She is married and has two children. She is an avid traveler and a lover of books and music.
