Confessions

During the violence and chaos of the Lebanese Civil War, a car pulls up to a roadblock on a narrow side street in Beirut. After a brief and confused exchange, several rounds of bullets are fired into the car, killing everyone inside except for a small boy of four or five. The boy is taken to the hospital, adopted by one of the assassins, and raised in a new family. "My father used to kidnap and kill people ..." begins this haunting tale of a child who was raised by the murderer of his real family. The narrator of Confessions doesn't shy away from the horrible truth of his murderous father--instead he confronts his troubled upbringing and seeks to understand the distortions and complexities of his memories, his war-torn country, and the quiet war that rages inside of him.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 03/21/2016
ISBN: 9780811220675
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2016
Publishers Weekly 03/21/2016
Shelf Awareness 03/29/2016
Library Journal 06/15/2016 pg. 69
School Library Journal 07/01/2016 pg. 89