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I put my hands behind my head and lay on my back, trying to hold on to the memories of my family. Their faces seemed to be far off somewhere in my mind, and to get to them I had to bring up painful memories.
I put my hands behind my head and lay on my back, trying to hold on to the memories of my family. Their faces seemed to be far off somewhere in my mind, and to get to them I had to bring up painful memories.
Approximate author period: c. 2007 AD · contemporary
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- Ishmael Beah
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- Approximate author period: c. 2007 AD · contemporary
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Ishmael Beah, based on documented activity in 2007. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1074614 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1074614 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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