The Lost Boy: Tales of a Child Soldier Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Ayik Chut Deng (Author), James Saunders (Narrator), Penguin Random House Australia Audio (Publisher)

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As a boy living in a tribe in what is now South Sudan, the youngest country in the world, Ayik Chut Deng was a member of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA). During his time as a child soldier, he witnessed unspeakable violence and was regularly tortured by older boys. At age 19, he and his family escaped the conflict in Sudan and resettled in Toowoomba, Australia. But adjusting to his new life in small-town Queensland was more difficult than he anticipated. He was struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder that was misdiagnosed as schizophrenia, leading to years of erratic behaviour on the wrong medication. He struggled with drugs and alcohol, fought with his family and found himself in trouble with the law before he came to the painful realisation that his behaviour was putting his life, as well as the lives of his loved ones, at risk.

As an adult now living in Brisbane, Ayik is a father, working as an actor and volunteering at his local youth centre. Overcoming a childhood filled with torture and war was a process of lifelong learning, choices and challenges that included a remarkable chance encounter with a figure from his past, and an appearance on national television.

The Lost Boy is an honest and revealing account of the complexities of trauma and one man's story of how he got to where he is today.

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7 hours and 27 minutes
Author

Ayik Chut Deng
Narrator

James Saunders
Audible release date

31 March 2020
Language

English
Publisher

Penguin Random House Australia Audio
ASIN

B084B7N2HB
Version

Unabridged
Program Type

Audiobook
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Listening Length	7 hours and 27 minutes
Author	Ayik Chut Deng
Narrator	James Saunders
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	31 March 2020
Publisher	Penguin Random House Australia Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B084B7N2HB
Best Sellers Rank	19,295 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 371 in Military History (Audible Books & Originals) 1,941 in Biographies & Memoirs (Audible Books & Originals) 2,048 in Memoirs (Books)

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Tabitha Oberle

Couldn't put this book down!

Reviewed in Australia on 2 May 2020

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wow, what can i say, this book is outstandingly well written. Its not only a heartbreaking insight into the life of a child solider, but a story of the struggle to overcome, to intergrate into a new life and ultimately to forgive. Its a definite must read!!

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Marshall Gardiner

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Reviewed in Australia on 6 April 2020

I thought this book was brilliant. I get told on the news about conflict zones, and occasionally I see the Hollywood filtered version like saving private ryan. This book through its authenticity lets you into a new world of what it is like to be a child soldier. It is rich in culture that is so different from my own it's as if I was reading a fantasy. This real story has got to be the best I've ever read.

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