Lisa Ray Instagram – ‘Young as she was, she had watched history set its wings and fly off in the wrong direction more than once.’ … @ishmaelbeahofficial writes with a richness of humanity that draws you in even before you can reflect upon his remarkable origins. He wore a best selling memoir ‘A Long Way Gone’ about his time as a child soldier during the civil war in Sierra Leone. His journey as a reluctant boy soldier is stunningly told, as well as his eventual journey to America. My friend Laura Simms, a professional storyteller, becomes his foster mother in the States, while Ishmael used writing and activism to heal from his mental wounds. His story telling is impeccable and steeped in allegory and poetry. … His newest novel, is my 6 am read. ‘There was a pause that came at this hour, a sigh, when the waking had to decide whether to spend their day being useful or being destructive.’