A Long Way Gone: Memoirs Of A Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

The first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy. What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived. Ishmael Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve in Sierra Leone, 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 he was capable of truly terrible acts. This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty. This 2008 Harper Perennial Paperback is in good condition. Small crease on cover. Pages beginning to tan. Light spotting on first page.

ISBN: 9780007247097 SKU: 1569972 This image is of the actual book.

Location: Biography