A hope more powerful than the sea : one refugee's incredible story of love, loss, and survival / Melissa Fleming.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250105998
- ISBN: 1250105994
- ISBN: 9781250105998 : HRD
- ISBN: 1250105994 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781250105998 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1250105994 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 274 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, [2017]
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | A childhood in Syria -- The war begins -- The siege of Daraa -- Life as a refugee -- Love in exile -- The engagement -- Deal with the devil -- The nightmare begins -- All that is left is the sea -- Rescue at the dying hour. |
Summary, etc.: | The story of a young Syrian refugee's attempt to reach Sweden, focusing on her ordeal in icy waters after the dilapidated fishing vessel in which she was traveling--along with 500 others--sinks. Adrift in a frigid sea, no land in sight, Doaa Al Zamel floated with a small inflatable water ring around her waist and clutched two children who had been thrust into her arms by their drowning relatives. Once an average Syrian girl, her life was upended in 2011 by the events of the Arab Spring, and the sinking of the overcrowded refugee boat was where her struggle for survival really began. Fleming uses Zamal's diaries to shed light on the most pressing humanitarian crisis of our time. |
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Subject: | Refugees > Syria. Syria > History > Civil War, 2011- Syria > Emigration and immigration. |
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Bolton High School | 956.9 FLE (Text) | 34062141570499 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | ANF 956.91 FLE (Text) | 33260000258708 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Douglas Library of Hebron | 956.91 AL (Text) | 33400139373685 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Franklin Elementary School | 956.91 FLE (Text) | 30206000103124 | Children’s Nonfiction | Available | - |
Hall Memorial Library - Ellington | 956.9104 FLEMING (Text) | 34037133889271 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Kent Memorial Library - Suffield | 956.9104 F (Text) | 32518137614478 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Killingworth Library Association | 956.9104 FLE (Text) | 33420145237229 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Lyman Memorial High School | M FLEMING (Text) | 33431139403974 | Memoirs | Available | - |
New Milford Public Library | 956.9104 FLE (Text) | 34021137068744 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Author Notes
A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea : One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival
MELISSA FLEMING is chief spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She travels to war zones and refugee camps to give voice to the millions of people forcibly displaced from their homes. She is frequently quoted in international media, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and NPR. She first told Doaa's story on the TED stage and her talks are featured on TED.com.