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A powerful novel about young people in a conflict scarred land struggling to replace the homes they have lost with the one they have created togetherHidden away from a harsh outside world five young people have improvised a home in an abandoned airplane a relic of their country’s chaos Elimane the bookworm is as street smart as he is wise Clever. This novel is one of the best books I’ve read this year for a number of reasons I was sad when it ended because I didn’t want to leave these characters behind It’s one of those books that is so beautifully written that I was compelled to reread paragraphs for the pure pleasure of reading them again What lovely language I woke up thinking about this story and realized how little I paid attention to the real stories of children who are displaced and struggling to survive victims of the politics and history of their country in this case an unnamed African country These fictional characters represent so many I was grateful to Ishmael Beah once again His first novel Radiance of Tomorrow is a powerful and impactful story and this his second novel left me wishing there were stars to give This is a beautiful story about young people who have lost their families and their previous lives and have come together creating a new family The bonds between them will move you how they care for each other how they work together communicating when necessary with the language of their whistles and body movements Living in an airplane they steal food to survive and are clever out of necessity Just as all families while they share food and love for each other these are individuals with their own memories of their past lives which they mostly keep from each other We do get glimpses of their pasts reflecting the trauma hidden in those memories Khoudiemata at 18 is the mother figure caring for everyone especially ten or eleven year old Namsa yet needing some sense of herself and time alone wanting to be a part of another life with people her own age with beautiful hairstyles clothes and painted nails Elimane is 20 always reading or writing is the sole survivor of a privileged family and knows the history of this country well Ndevui one of the younger boys runs on the beach every day with earphones connected to nothing singing the songs he has in his head Kpindi is always alert and aware of his surroundings and I was pulled in to this story when I first met him at the beginning I loved each of them The world around them goes on the shops the restaurants the rich people on the beaches the corrupt government and those involved in dire criminal activity than the petty theft of food they steal to survive each day It was only a matter of time that this outside world would enter theirs and nothing would be the same again for this beautiful little family I plan to listen to his self narrated memoir A Long Way Gone Memoirs of a Boy Soldier I received a copy of this book from Riverhead Books through Edelweiss
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Little FamilyKhoudiemata maneuvers to keep the younger kids athletic pragmatic Ndevui; thoughtful Kpindi; and especially their newest member Namsa safe and fed When Elimane makes himself of service to the shadowy William Handkerchief it seems as if the little family may be able to keep the world at bay and their household intact But when Khoudi comes under th. I meet Ismael Beah when he spoke at our local university about his memoir “A Long Way Gone” years ago Beah’s memoir was the most talked about book in the Bay Area at the time Teachers in our local High Schools and Colleges were reading it with students Parents young adults everywhere you went around townpeople were talking about it It’s it’s one of those stories a reader never forgets I later read “Radiance of Tomorrow”Ishmael’s first novel The book wasn’t well written in my opinion had some problemsbut regardless it’s hard not to be a huge fan Ishmael BeahHis childhood was horrendous A nightmare But his story needed to be told And people all over the world stood behind him Me too Which now brings me to his current book “Little Family”It’s a fantastic book There are already many wonderful reviews read Angela’s ‘thanks Angela’I can’t express anything betterI’m only going to add one thingI’m blown awayinspiredmoved and impressed by the maturity and skill in Ishmael’s writing WOW Growth beyond growthTo be a witness of such grand improvement of Beah’s writing skills of this beautiful and tragic story — just makes me want to stand up and cheer for him The improvement in his writing is AMAZINGI’m so happy that Ishmael came to our country that great people and educators invested time and money supporting him I don’t think anyone expected him to become such a powerful voice an advocate for anyone being treated unfairly He writes about people’s struggles Ishmael a survivor himself writes about otherssurvival and resilience being the important themes Soooo proud of himThis was an intelligent emotionally felt wonderful novel