Helen Benedict is a British American novelist and journalist, best known for her writings on social injustice and the Iraq War. Her background as a child of anthropologists informed her work both as a novelist and as a journalist. She has written numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, as well as articles for the New York Times, Washington Post, Nation, and BBC News.
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Nineteen-year-old Kate Brady joined the army to bring honor to her family and democracy to the Middle East. Instead, she finds herself in a forgotten corner of the Iraq desert in 2003, guarding a makeshift American prison. There, Kate meets Naema Jassim, ... SEE MORE