I appreciate his willingness to tell his story but I cannot make room for it in my mind and heart just now. I believe this is why soldiers returning to “normal” life cannot speak of the atrocities they have seen and experienced-we cannot relate and are horrified. Daniel does a great job reading and providing verbal cues and nuance but the story is extremely sad and overwhelming. I am sorry too that he wound up in a community who does not accept outsiders and am not sure life was a whole lot better except he and his mother are alive instead of beheaded. I know it is a personal story and has relevance and meaning but with everything else going on, I don’t need this in my mind to ponder. So depressing I knew I could not finish it. After the “bag of cats” story, that was it for me.
I heard his interview on NPR and thought it would be an interesting read.
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