Frontcover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Foreword, by James Garbarino

Introduction

Prologue: Beginnings

Chapter One: Guatemala

Talleres Creativos

Democracy and Death Squads

Frozen Grief

Chimaltenango

Just Another Day on the Road to Huehue

Genocide

On Edge

Colors

The Women of Sololá

The Orphanage

An Encounter

The Darkest Day

The Oldest War Story

Justice

Talleres Creativos: Lessons Learned

A Cautionary Tale

Chapter Two: Mexico

Heading North

The Plan

Refugees

An Invitation

Nighttime in a Forest Clearing

Escape

El Porvenir

Language

Unexpected Tears

Not Just the War, Part 1

Out of the Mouths of Babes

A Welcome Guest

Bewitched

Getting Sick

Playing to Grow

Two Different Worlds

A Brief Reflection on Relativism

Good-Byes

One More Good-Bye

Chapter Three: Bosnia – Refugees in Chicago

The Bosnian Mental Health Program

A Strange Cure

Thanks to God

Memories

Betrayal

The Other War

Bosnia

Changing Seats

Hidden in Plain Sight

Not Just the War, Part 2

Chapter 4: Afghanistan

Really Bad Okra

The Path to Kabul

Assumptions

Coming Back to Life

Tragedy on a Mountainside

Ibuprofen and Antacids

Jigar Khun

Asabi

Marjan the Lion

Nadir’s Uncle

Findings

Street Kids

Two Worlds

Be Careful Where You Walk:Angry Spirits and Mental Health

Traffic in a Sea of Blue

The Women’s Ward

The First Snow

Honor

Not Just the War, Part 3

Chicken Street

Chapter 5: Iraq

Insane Violence

Shaqlawa

Laughter

Untold Stories

And the Numbers, Please . . .

An Iraqi Circus

Office of Mass Graves

An American Tale

Torture in Iraq

Survivor Guilt

Chapter 6: Sri Lanka

Summer 2006

History

A Dangerous Business

The Sound of Waves

Good Intentions

Ampara

Gonagala

Unholy Ground

What Was His Name?

I Love to Dance

Uncle

Siesta

Revenge

Not All Darkness

The Head Monk

The Last Scene

Good-Byes

Frozen

Epilogue: Afghanistan Redux

In Memory of Emma Carroll

What You Can Do

Acknowledgments

End Notes