Ishmael Beah (240 pages)
A gripping story of a child’s journey through hell and back.
There may be as many as 300,000 child soldiers, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s, in more than fifty conflicts around the world. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. He is one of the first to tell his story in his own words.
In A LONG WAY GONE, Beah, now twenty-six years old, tells a riveting story. At the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. Eventually released by the army and sent to a UNICEF rehabilitation center, he struggled to regain his humanity and to reenter the world of civilians, who viewed him with fear and suspicion. This is, at last, a story of redemption and hope.
A gripping story of a child’s journey through hell and back.There may be as many as 300,000 child soldiers, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s, in more than fifty conflicts around the world. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. He is one of the first to tell his story in his own words.
In A LONG WAY GONE, Beah, now twenty-six years old, tells a riveting story. At the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. Eventually released by the army and sent to a UNICEF rehabilitation center, he struggled to regain his humanity and to reenter the world of civilians, who viewed him with fear and suspicion. This is, at last, a story of redemption and hope.
Host/Discussion Leader: Fanny (773.606.2684)
Discussion Meeting: Sunday April 15th (6pm).
Location: Letizia's Natural Bakery - 2144 West Division St.
(If weather allows we'll discuss Al Fresco)
2 comments:
I'm so excited about our first non-fiction reading & Discussion.
Although mass-targeted by Starbucks, this title seems to have good reviews.
"If you can read "A Long Way Gone" without being touched somewhere deep inside, you might need to think about changing the ice water in your veins."
- The Denver Post.
http://www.amazon.com/Long-Way-Gone-Memoirs-Soldier/dp/0374105235
http://www.alongwaygone.com/
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/23/features/IDLEDE24.php
- Fanny.
I liked the book.
My reating is 4.3
Ishamel Beah has a site where he chat with readers after his discussions. There are some good questions/comments about his book.
http://ishmaelbeah.gather.com/
Post a Comment