{"product_id":"book-b80k","title":"A Long Way Gone","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is how wars are fought now by children, hopped up on drugs, and wielding AK-47s. In the more than fifty violent conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIshmael Beah used to be one of them. How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But it is rare to find a first-person account from someone who endured this hell and survived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e A Long Way Gone Beah\u003c\/i\u003e, now twenty-six years old, tells a riveting story in his own words: how, 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 Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49393600954672,"sku":"BDb80k","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49393600987440,"sku":"40b80k","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Audio CD [41]","offer_id":49393601020208,"sku":"41b80k","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/298827-b80k-Square.jpg?v=1735351873","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-b80k","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}