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Author Ballour, Amani, author.

Title The cave : a secret underground hospital and one woman's story of survival in Syria : a memoir / Amani Ballour, M.D., with Rania Abouzeid.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2024]
3 holds on first copy returned of 6 copies

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - New Materials  92 BIOGRAPHY BALLOUR    DUE 04-29-24
 Enfield, Main Library - New Materials  B BALLOUR    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - New Materials  B BALLOUR, AMANI    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - New Materials  B BALLOUR, AMANI    DUE 05-13-24
 Southington Library - New  B BALLOUR    DUE 04-27-24
 Wethersfield Public Library - New Books  NEW BIOG BALLOUR, AMANI    Check Shelf
Description 253 pages, [16] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Includes book club discussion questions (pages 243-244).
Includes index.
Contents Prologue: A poisoned night -- Part One: Growing up. A different life -- The road to medicine -- Revolution -- Turning points -- Part Two: Inside the cave. The street of death -- The siege begins -- Death -- The siege intensifies -- Torture and tunnels -- Part Three: Stepping up. interlude -- Backlash -- Making plans -- Turning 30 -- Part Four: Last stand. The final offensive -- Leave-taking -- Above ground -- Idlib -- Part Five: Exile. Safe harbor -- Refugee -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Book club discussion questions -- Index.
Summary "This searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital in Syria"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Ballour, Amani.
Physicians -- Syria -- Biography.
Women physicians -- Syria -- Biography.
Hospitals -- Syria -- History -- 21st century.
War -- Relief of sick and wounded.
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Personal narratives.
Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works) (CStmoGRI)aatgf300080104
Autobiographies.
Added Author Abouzeid, Rania, author.
ISBN 9781426222740 (hardcover)
1426222742 (hardcover)
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