I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last p — Ishmael Beah
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I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last person in my immediate family to be alive? I didn’t know.

— Ishmael Beah
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