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

Title
A hope more powerful than the sea : one refugee's incredible story of love, loss, and survival / Melissa Fleming.
Author
Fleming, Melissa (Melissa R.)
Publication
  • New York : Flatiron Books, 2017.
  • ©2017

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Description
274 pages; 22 cm
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.
Alternative Title
A hope more powerful than the sea :|bthe journey of Doaa Al Zamel: one refugee's incredible story of love, loss, and survival.
Subject
  • Zamel, Doaa Al, 1995-
  • Zamel, Doaa Al
  • 2011
  • Refugees > Syria
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services
  • Syria > History > Civil War, 2011-
  • Syria > Emigration and immigration
  • Europe > Government policy
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • History
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
  • 9781250105998
  • 1250105994
  • 9781250106018 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
^^2016044107
OCLC
  • 949142903
  • SCSB-12201591
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library