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At the age of twelve, Ishmael Beah fled attacking rebels in Sierra Leone 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. At sixteen, he was removed from fighting by UNICEF, and through the help of the staff at his rehabilitation center, he learned how to forgive himself, to regain his humanity, and, finally, to heal. This is an extraordinary and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.
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A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah
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- Released
- 2007
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- Title
- A Long Way Gone
- Subtitle
- Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ishmael Beah
- Publisher
- Sarah Crichton Books
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0007797125
- ISBN13
- 9780007797127
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Military History, Military Fiction, Wars, Children, Africa, Fate, Autobiographical Novels, Civil War, Soldiers, Arms Industry, Rwanda, Child Soldiers, Sierra Leone
- First published
- 2005
- Original title
- A Long Way Gone
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- At the age of twelve, Ishmael Beah fled attacking rebels in Sierra Leone 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. At sixteen, he was removed from fighting by UNICEF, and through the help of the staff at his rehabilitation center, he learned how to forgive himself, to regain his humanity, and, finally, to heal. This is an extraordinary and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.