Thanks for the memories (The Australian Article)

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Thanks for the memories February 02, 2008 From: The Australian Question: Does this make Beah's story less powerful? IT was a cold night on the edge of the 2012 London Olympics construction site but the auditorium at the Stratford Circus Theatre was so filled with warmth and goodwill that it was almost glowing. About 140 people had paid pound stg. 5 ($11.10) each to hear a charming young man, Ishmael Beah, discuss his best-selling book about his ordeal as a child soldier in Sierra Leone and it was certain to be the sort of admiring "love-in" that Beah has enjoyed many times in the year since the book A Long Way Gone was published. At 27 he is an attractive, quietly charismatic man, and his generous smile and amazing story of survival mean that his typical public appearance becomes not so much an author's speech as a group hug with a wildly sympathetic audience. Click here to read the full article on the website Alternatively, you can copy and paste this link into your browser: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23145293-5001986,00.html