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A hope more powerful than the sea

one refugee's incredible story of love, loss, and survival

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A hope more powerful than the sea
Melissa Fleming
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An edition of A hope more powerful than the sea (2017)

A hope more powerful than the sea

one refugee's incredible story of love, loss, and survival

Large print edition.
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Adrift in a frigid sea, no land in sight -- just debris from the ship's wreckage and floating corpses all around -- nineteen-year-old Doaa Al Zamel floats with a small inflatable water ring around her waist and clutches two children, barely toddlers, to her body. The children had been thrust into Doaa's arms by their drowning relatives, all refugees who boarded a dangerously overcrowded ship bound for Sweden and a new life. For days, Doaa floats, prays, and sings to the babies in her arms. She must stay alive for these children. She must not lose hope. Doaa Al Zamel was once an average Syrian girl growing up in a crowded house in a bustling city near the Jordanian border. But in 2011, her life was upended. Inspired by the events of the Arab Spring, Syrians began to stand up against their own oppressive regime. When the army was sent to take control of Doaa's hometown, strict curfews, power outages, water shortages, air raids, and violence disrupted everyday life. After Doaa's father's barbershop was destroyed and rumors of women being abducted spread through the community, her family decided to leave Syria for Egypt, where they hoped to stay in peace until they could return home. Only months after their arrival, the Egyptian government was overthrown and the environment turned hostile for refugees. In the midst of this chaos, Doaa falls in love with a young opposition fighter who proposes marriage and convinces her to flee to the promise of safety and a better future in Europe. Terrified and unable to swim, Doaa and her young fiancé hand their life savings to smugglers and board a dilapidated fishing vessel with five hundred other refugees, including a hundred children. After four horrifying days at sea, another ship, filled with angry men shouting insults, rams into Doaa's boat, sinking it and leaving the passengers to drown. That is where Doaa's struggle for survival really begins.

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English
Pages
369

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A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival
Jan 23, 2018, Flatiron Books
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Cover of: Hope More Powerful Than the Sea
Cover of: Hope More Powerful Than the Sea
Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival
2018, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
in English
Cover of: A hope more powerful than the sea
A hope more powerful than the sea: one refugee's incredible story of love, loss, and survival
2017
in English - Large print edition.
Cover of: Hope More Powerful Than the Sea
Cover of: Hope More Powerful Than the Sea
Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival
2017, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
in English
Cover of: Hope More Powerful Than the Sea
Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival
2017, Sphere Books, Limited
in English

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Table of 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
Ship of horrors
All that is left is the sea
Rescue at the dying hour
Epilogue
A note from Doaa
Author's note.

Edition Notes

Originally published: New York : Flatiron Books, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-366).

Series
Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction, Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction
Other Titles
One refugee's incredible story of love, loss, and survival
Copyright Date
2017

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
956.9104/231, B
Library of Congress
DS98.72.Z36 F54 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
369 pages (large print)
Number of pages
369

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27232730M
ISBN 10
141049750X
ISBN 13
9781410497505
LCCN
2016055493
OCLC/WorldCat
961801638

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