Children of War by Deborah Ellis

Author:Deborah Ellis [Ellis, Deborah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: JNF038080, C429, Kat, Extratorrents
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd.
Published: 2009-02-28T13:00:00+00:00

Eman, 18

Eman doesn’t talk.

Her father died two weeks ago, from a long illness. She lives with her mother in a small, dark room. Her mother suffers from severe depression, and possibly other mental illnesses.

Her mother collects stale pita bread from shops and restaurants and sells it to Bedouin shepherds, who feed it to their animals.

Eman doesn’t go outside. There was no treatment for her in Iraq or in Jordan. Her mother thinks Eman’s difficulties are from all the chemicals in the bombs that have been used in the wars. She has no one to help her with Eman’s care.

The neighbors walk right into their house and hit Eman and her mother. When a charity brings them food or blankets, the neighbors sometimes steal from them. “We are poor, too,” the neighbors say. “Why doesn’t anybody help us?”

It is hard to get a coherent story from Eman’s mother. Too many years of too much difficulty have stopped her mind from thinking clearly.

There is a bad smell in the house, and a heavy feeling of damp and dirt.

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