Lee Weick

He is a Russian...

Well, he's deceased now, but he was the counterpart, antagonist, if you will, to the current administration in Russia.

And he was viewed as a troublemaker.

He was a patriot.

He wanted so much for his country, for people to be free, to be able to determine their own government, their own way of life.

He really was enemy number one for Putin for a long time.

This book is his memoir.

He talks about his childhood, his growing up, but it's written from a Russian prison.

And much of the time he is going through isolation, torture, ill health.

It talks about his philosophy, his politics, a lot of humor.

has some letters to his family.

It is one of the most compelling books I've ever read.

I have so much admiration for him.

He's passionate.

He's funny.

He's hopeful.

His aspirations for his country were frustrated and his liberty assaulted in the worst possible ways.

From the very darkest Russian prisons, he writes, matter-of-factly and humbly with humor and hope.

And it kind of reminded me of A Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl.

Just some of those tones of, I'm experiencing the worst that human beings can do to other human beings, but I press on and I am hopeful.