solution and leaves, because she doesn't want to become like them. It's really a story of redemption. A young woman drags herself back from the precipice and literally, one day, casts off her uniform and walks out of the forest. Reviews Gerard Windsor reviewing Tamil Tigress came to the conclusion that the form of the book is more that of a realist novel than a memoir, leading him to tell us that there must be a creative element here, although he was probably unaware that the book was first written in diary form immediately after de Soyza fled Sri Lanka. He commented that action, often pedestrian and repetitious, rather than thoughtfulness, is what moves the book forward with a mature, briskly businesslike de Soyza only entering the book in its final pages. Prof. V.Suryanarayan in the Eurasia Review calls it an absorbing account "which describes the best and the worst of the Tigers." Publishers Weekly, in relation to the US release, describes the book as an engaging memoir where readers "will both empathize with and judge de Soyza’s experiences in the Tamil struggle." The Book Review Literary Trust in India describes the memoir as deeply moving, very humane, and a "jaw-dropping true story." The reviewer, M.R. Narayan Swamy, comments, "Indeed, I have not read another more honest and candid account of the now vanquished Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), that too from the inside," stating that the book is more than just an autobiographical journey, but is a rare microscope that takes its readers into the heart of the LTTE. Historical detail The book's authenticity has been challenged by some on the grounds that it makes an error in historical detail. They allege a misrepresentation by the author of the identity of her combat adversaries which contradicts the historical context of her claimed fighting tenure (late 1987 to 1988 according to Tamil Tigress ). From late July 1987 to early 1990, the signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord and the consequent arrival of the IPKF ensured the withdrawal of the Sri Lankan troops from the Battlefield. Under the terms of the agreement,Colombo agreed to a devolution of power to the provinces, the Sri Lankan troops were to be withdrawn to their barracks in the north and the Tamil rebels were to surrender their arms. When the LTTE was at war with the IPKF from early October, 1987 to end