You take a story and explain the entire thing with only a couple paragraphs, and you don't want to give away any special details that way a person can know a little about the book and want to read it. Like a "A dog and His Ball" is about a lost dog who doesn't have a family and finds an old ball to play with. You would put this on the back of a book and then people would be drawn to read this book. ( I just made something up so it may not make sense sorry.)
I'm not really sure I understand what you are asking, but I tried to answer the best I could, please let me know if this isn't what you meant.
I think the author chose to start the book 19 years before the main events of the story so the reader could absorb things. The author technically wanted the reader(s) to understand something before reading the real story.
When the rebels attacked Mogbwemo, Ismael Beah<span> was away in another town called "Mattru Jong" with his brother, Junior & their friend Talloi. They went there to take part in a talent show. This is from Jourdan Baldwin's work entitled "A Long Way Gone" which was based from the Sierra Leone civil war.</span>
Kino, Juana, and Coyotito live a simple lifestyle. They do not have much money, and they live in a small hut. They only get the bare minimum for food and other needs.
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A synopsis is a brief biography of the bookbifu know what u mean hopebit helps