A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a boy soldier

Mar 19 Fri 7:00 PM
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257 Elm St
Davis Square
Somerville, MA 02144
617-629-8717

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 8  people attended.
5.00 5.002 (2 ratings)

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Sue

Let's discuss the book "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a boy soldier" by Ishmael Beah.

Here's the summary from the book:
"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."

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    •  It's sad and hard to believe this kind of things happen in this time an age. Great conversation that helped us to understand a little better the world in which we live and raised questions as of what can we do to help. 
    •  Very interesting, wide ranging and thought-provoking conversation inspired by the author's experiences. Looking forward to the next book. 
    • Sue

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