it's not your fault ...

At the end of this testimony, one thought haunts me: A whole life suffice it to forgive.
We must learn to live with this wound in his heart. It is this that has made Ishmael.
This document defines 5 parts not distinguished in the narrative, but clear enough to identify: the innocent childhood, the tragedy of the leak, the life of a child soldier, killing machines, "re-education" and the new start.
We not moving step in the history of this young boy often with flashbacks. The time setting is not always clear, sometimes it's hard to know how long do the events. There is often jumps in time, sometimes several months or even whole years.
The part that interested me the most regarding the management of child soldiers in humanitarian centers. Pain, violence, silence, detoxification, lack much suffering for these boys, and in opposition, gentleness, patience, listening, the attention given to each by caregivers, and especially the phrase "it is not your fault, "repeated endlessly.
This aspect of my return to life much affected. These children were gradually tamed and helped s love again.
In the end, Ishmael s came out, but how many remained on the roadside?
N How many have not had the chance to make good games at the right time?
N How have failed to s out mentally after this terrible trauma?
How many child soldiers there still exists in the world?
These questions haunt me
A strong testimony, the simple but powerful writing can let the reader indifferent.
Ishmael is a wonderful young man, that we can admire his courage and commitment to this child victims of war in the world.
Note:
This book evokes necessarily m of other networked books "Allah is not obliged" to Ahmadou Kourouma, and also "The Darling" by Russell Banks.