A classic account of courage, integrity, and most of all, belonging
In 1977, Natan Sharansky, a leading activist in the democratic dissident
movement in the Soviet Union and the movement for free Jewish
emigration, was arrested by the KGB. He spent nine years as a political
prisoner, convicted of treason against the state. Every day, Sharansky
fought for individual freedom in the face of overt tyranny, a struggle
that would come to define the rest of his life. Never Alone reveals
how Sharansky's years in prison, many spent in harsh solitary
confinement, prepared him for a very public life after his release. As
an Israeli politician and the head of the Jewish Agency, Sharansky
brought extraordinary moral clarity and uncompromising, often
uncomfortable, honesty. His story is suffused with reflections from his
time as a political prisoner, from his seat at the table as history
unfolded in Israel and the Middle East, and from his passionate efforts
to unite the Jewish people. Written with frankness, affection, and
humor, the book offers us profound insights from a man who embraced the
essential human struggle: to find his own voice, his own faith, and the
people to whom he could belong.
