War Isn’t Over When It’s Over

War is Not Over When it’s Over: Women Speak Out From the Ruins of War
by Ann Jones

Reviewed by Angilee Shah

You don’t need to go much further than the table of contents to know that Ann Jones’ War is Not Over When It’s Over is not an easy read. Among the chapter titles: “The Democratic Republic of Congo: Rape” and “Iraqi Refugees in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon: Blown Apart.”

What happens in conflict is so terrible, so unspeakable, that Jones’ challenge is to convince comfortable people to listen. She writes of girls …

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