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๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐: ๐.๐.๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐ค!
Thank you @dartfroggco and @amazonpublishing for this gifted copy.
I paired my reading with the gifted audiobook from @brilliancepublishing and it made the characters come alive for me.
Wow, what an incredibly heartbreaking yet inspirational story.
Journalist and author Mark Sullivan has opened my eyes to a dark and shocking part of history that I knew little about. In 1990, in Uganda, teens and children were being kidnapped by the warlord Joseph Kony and forced to serve in his fanatical Lordโs Resistance Army (LRA).
Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori are both young students from loving homes when the LRA kidnaps them. ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ is based on their actual experiences as they are taken from their families, beaten, abused, and forced to be used as part of the LRA.
As you can imagine, this was difficult to read at times. But what made this story so astounding was Anthony and Florenceโs kindness, generosity, perseverance, and determination to help others. Itโs not a spoiler for me to tell you that these two, surrounded by war, hatred, and brutality, found love in each other.
This story is historical, but the author approaches it from a human perspectiveโtearing your heart out while making you believe in the power of love.
Please donโt miss the Author’s Note. Also, Anthony and Florence tell the afterword, which will give you goosebumps!
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