Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Book Review: Guantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World's Most Infamous Prison / Edited by Sarah Mirk

 

Sick Day Book Review.

I can't remember the last time I took a sick day - this might be a once a decade happening for me. But this morning I was hit by the migraine fairy and was incapable of doing anything but sitting in the dark. Eventually, the fairy loosened her grip and I could read a bit if the light was dim and it was quiet.

So how do I spend a sick day (after I slept through first block?) I start a knitting project that matches the colors of my book that I am reading. (And drink LOTS of water - doesn't water heal everything?)

This is a terribly sad and confusing story well told through a series of interviews. The interviewees all had Guantanamo connections - from prisoners to attorneys to NCIS. Then the interviews were placed in a comic strip format and each interview was illustrated by a different artist. The color scheme pulls the book together - all in sunset colors (as is my knitting project - that is a coincidence.)

This story makes my heart hurt, but I am glad that I read it.

Guantanamo Voices will soon be found on the Nashua South shelves (I just need to figure out where to put it), on the shelves at the Nashua Public Library and through NPL's Hoopla.

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