What would it really be like to live through the bombing of Baghdad?

This poignant diary is a first-hand account of a family in a city living under attack.

Written by 19-year-old Thura al-Windawi, it describes the chaos and destruction around her.

Her younger sister Sama, who is seven, "keeps drawing guns...before she drew ladies in dresses".

She describes a handsome American soldier: "he's got beautiful sunglasses...but I think he's probably a monster".

Thura must also face the death of her childhood friend, Freday, killed during the bombing: "I feel shocked, like part of me is dying, too".