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That Mad Game: Growing Up in a Warzone: An Anthology of Essays from Around the Globe.
by J.L. Powers
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1935955225
- ISBN 13
- 9781935955221
- Seller
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About This Item
Cinco Puntos Press, 2012. First Edition, Ex-Library. Trade Paperback. Very Good. GREAT BOOK! FIRST EDITION. NO SPINE CREASES & VERY MILD WEAR ON WHITE LAMINATED COVER. A FEW LIBRARY STAMPS, NO MARKS IN TEXT. Description: What's it like to grow up during war? To be a victim of violence or exiled from your homeland, culture, family, and even your own memories? When America's talking heads talk about war, children and teenagers are often the forgotten part of the story. Yet who can forget images of the Vietnam "baby lift," when Amer-Asian children were flown out of Vietnam to be adopted by Americans? Who can forget the horror of learning that Iranian children were sent on suicide missions to clear landmines? Who wasn't captivated by stories of the "lost boys" of Sudan, traveling thousands of miles alone through the desert, seeking shelter and safety? From the cartel-terrorized streets of Juárez to the bombed-out cities of Bosnia to Afghanistan under the Taliban, from Nazi-occupied Holland to the middle-class American home of a Vietnam vet, this collection of personal and narrative essays explores both the universal and particular experiences of children and teenagers who came of age during a time of war. J.L. Powers is the editor of Labor Pains and Birth Stories and the author of two young adult novels, most recently This Thing Called the Future, an alternative fantasy set in post-apartheid South Africa. She began collecting essays on children and war while pregnant with her first child and says, "The experience was both painful and uplifting, not unlike giving birth. The most memorable aspect of these essays is their stark portrayal of both survival and hope in the midst of incredible suffering.
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- Seller
- Cuyahoga Valley Book Company (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
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- Title
- That Mad Game: Growing Up in a Warzone: An Anthology of Essays from Around the Globe.
- Author
- J.L. Powers
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, Ex-Library
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1935955225
- ISBN 13
- 9781935955221
- Publisher
- Cinco Puntos Press
- Date Published
- 2012
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