Week #1 (September 1-7)

Our goal will be to complete the book, A Long way Gone, in a total of 4 weeks. So this week focus on reading chapters 1-5. Be sure to post a blog at least once this week. It is important that all blog posts are pertaining to the book, otherwise comments can be used to discuss each blog and also for chatting (there is a difference). And remember make friends, we have women joining from around the country.

Thanks!

Pick up this book...

A Long Way Gone

By. Ishmael Beah

In A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah tells a powerfully gripping 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 beh, 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. 

Click on the book cover above to view the authors website.