Epilogue

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. List of Abbreviations xiii
5. Part I War’s Impact
6. 1 War’s Children 1
7. 2 The Global Face of Conflict 8
8. 3 Children, War, and Trauma 15
9. 4 Jellybeans in Darkness 26
10. 5 Swit Salone 31
11. 6 The Embodiment of War 39
12. 7 Without Family 47
13. 8 Touchstones 58
14. Part II. Journeys Home
15. 9 Finding the Way Home 77
16. 10 Post-traumatic Growth 89
17. 11 Boots on Muddy Ground 97
18. 12 A Mother’s Courage 104
19. 13 The Helpers 108
20. 14 The Sting of Rejection 118
21. 15 Social Ties 128
22. Part III. Reintegration
23. 16 The Puzzle of Girls’ Resilience 139
24. 17 Reverberations of Violence against Girls and Women 150
25. 18 Good Deeds Always Come Back 157
26. 19 Meaning Making and Transformation 162
27. 20 Adversity upon Adversity 167
28. 21 Write on the World 173
29. 22 The Education Gap 179
30. Part IV. Community and Healing
31. 23 Narrative Healing 193
32. 24 Adult Lives 198
33. 25 Coming of Age in the Aftermath of War 206
34. 26 Trauma and Resilience across Generations 215
35. Part V. Rebuilding the Future
36. 27 The Next Generation 223
37. 28 Ready to Learn, Ready to Work 233
38. 29 Reaching the Hard to Reach 250
39. Epilogue 258
40. Notes 265
41. Acknowledgments 293
42. Index 297