Sarah sentilles draw your weapons

KUMI TAGUCHI
Hello, and welcome to Compass. I’m Kumi Taguchi. In the lead-up to the Invictus Games I’ve been giving a lot of thought to this year’s competition.

Sarah sentilles draw your weapons and things

I’ve been asked to be one of the hosts, partly because of my interest in post-traumatic stress disorder and the challenges returned servicemen and women face when they come home. When I heard American author Sarah Sentilles was coming to Australia, I was really keen to meet her.

SARAH SENTILLES
I love to read.

If I could do one thing all day long every day, I would read.

NARRATION
Here is someone who has dug deep to unpack the human cost of conflict in her search for a better way to live. Sarah’s been all over the country, talking to people about her book, “Draw Your Weapons”.

MARGARET THROSBY
Sarah, herself, describes this book as a song for the dead, for all the bodies that don’t get grieved, meaning the people who get killed in war.

SARAH SENTILLES
I started thinking calling myself a pacifist wasn’t enough.

I have