Former child soldier Ismael Beah offers a quiet tribute to human resilience in this novel set in a village in post-civil war Sierra Leone. (Sarah Crichton Books, 257 pp.)
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10 best fiction books of 2014
Here are the 10 fiction titles that the Monitor’s book critics admired most in 2014.
6. "Radiance of Tomorrow," by Ishmael Beah
