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Author Fleming, Melissa (Melissa R.), author.

Title A hope more powerful than the sea : one refugee's incredible story of love, loss, and survival / Melissa Fleming.

Publication Info. New York : Flatiron Books, [2017]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  956.91 FLEMING    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY AL ZAMEL    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. AL ZAMEL, D.    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  956.91 FLEMING    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  956.9104 FLEMING    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  956.9104 FLEMING    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  956.9104 FLE    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Barney Branch - Adult Department  956.9104 FLE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B AL ZAMEL, DOAA    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  956.91 FLE    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 274 pages ; 22 cm
Contents 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 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.
Subject Refugees -- Syria.
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-
Syria -- Emigration and immigration.
Europe -- Emigation and immigration -- Government policy.
Survival at sea -- Mediterranean Sea -- History -- 21st century.
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Mediterranean Sea.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Human Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 9781250105998 (hardcover)
1250105994 (hardcover)
9781250106018 (e-book)
Standard No. 40026811870
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