Description: Humorous, witty, horrific, and poetic, Jamal Saeed's story is Syria's story: surviving 12 years in brutal military prisons, an enchanted childhood, his loves, Syria's deadly upheavals, and his family's escape.
Review Quotes: "This memoir tells not only of his time in Syria's most brutal military prisons but of village life, youth, love, poetry, and a country and society warped from its potential." -- Quill & Quire