Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Silence Is a Steady Hand, Palm Flat; Night Is a Palm Pulled Down over the Eyes; Death Is Two Fingers Sliding across the Throat; Memory Is a Pattern Cut into an Arm; Imagination Is a Forefinger between the Eyes; Dawn Is Two Hands Parting before the Face; A Funnel Is Fingertips Steepled, Palms Apart; Danger Is a Deeper Silence; Love Is a Backhanded Stroke to the Cheek; Listening Is a Hand Cupping an Ear like a Seashell; Fish Is a Hand Swimming through the Air; The Soul Has No Sign; Ghosts Are a Gentle Breath over Moving Fingers., Truth Is Forefinger to Tongue Raised SkywardMercy Is a Palm Turning Out from the Heart; Dreaming Is Hands Held in Prayer over the Nose; Town Is Hands Making Boxes in the Air; A Thumb in the Air, Clicking an Imaginary Lighter; Child's Play; A Hand Held like a Pistol; River Is a Flat Snake; Shelter Is Hands Protecting the Head; Music Is Any Dance You Can Pull Off; Roll Call Is Fingers Counting off a Palm; Fingers Pinching a Nose Is a Bad Smell; Dirty Is a Scrunched-up Face and a Palm Waving; Cowardice Is Spitting Once; A Question Is a Palm Turning Out from an Ear; Vision Is the Same As Dreaming., and A Train Is Forearms Back and Forth Like PistonsLight Is Jazz Hands and a Smile; Mother Is Crossed Arms Rocking a Baby; Rest Is a Chin Held in a Palm; Fear Is an Open Hand Beating over the Heart; Will Is an Emphatic Finger Pointing; Home Is a Palm Fisted to the Heart; Acknowledgments.
Summary:
"My Luck, a West African boy soldier who has lost his voice, leads us on a terrifying yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon"--Publisher description
