{"product_id":"9780007247097-a-long-way-gone","title":"A Long Way Gone","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe True Story of a Child Soldier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e‘My new friends have begun to suspect that I haven't told them the full story of my life.\u003cbr\u003e“Why did you leave Sierra Leone?”\u003cbr\u003e“Because there is a war.”\u003cbr\u003e“You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?”\u003cbr\u003e“Yes, all the time.”\u003cbr\u003e“Cool.”\u003cbr\u003eI smile a little.\u003cbr\u003e“You should tell us about it sometime.”\u003cbr\u003e“Yes, sometime.”’\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThis is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. There are more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide and it is estimated there are some 300,000 child soldiers fighting. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eWhat 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.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThis is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40637925359713,"sku":"9780007247097","price":8.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27112305.jpg?v=1721500977","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780007247097-a-long-way-gone","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}