In the early 1980s, thousands of Ethiopian Jews fled the civil unrest, famine and religious persecution of their native land in the hopes of being reunited in Yerusalem, their spiritual homeland, with its promises of a better life....
Refugees
- Author:Oron, JudieSummary:
- Author:Labman, ShaunaSummary:
Resettlement - the selection and transfer of refugees from the state where they seek asylum to another state - is considered a tool of refugee protection. In this nuanced account of Canada's resettlement program from the...
- Author:Ramadan, DannySummary:
A queer Syrian refugee reckons with a life spent out of place. "Writing this memoir is a betrayal." So begins this electrifying personal account from Danny Ramadan, a celebrated novelist who has long enjoyed the shield his fiction...
- Author:Rawlence, BenSummary:
To charity workers, Dadaab refugee camp is a humanitarian crisis; to the Kenyan government, it's a "nursery for terrorists"; to the western media, it's a dangerous no-go area; but to its half a million residents, it...
- Author:Colgan, JennySummary:
It's a time for getting cozy in front of whisky barrel wood fires, and enjoying a dram and a treacle pudding with the people you love-unless, of course, you've accidentally gotten pregnant by your ex-boss, and don't know how to tell him...
- Author:Nanji, ShenaazSummary:
It is 1972, and fifteen-year-old Sabine enjoys a comfortable life as the daughter of Indian parents living in Uganda. But her world is turned upside down when the country’s military President, General Idi Amin, declares Indians must be...
- Author:Bala, Sharon, Charron, Marc, Lessard, VéroniqueSummary:
Traduit de l'anglais par Véronique Lessard et Marc Charron Résumé Mahindan et son fils de six ans accostent en Colombie-Britannique avec cinq cents compatriotes réfugiés, portés par le rêve de laisser derrière eux la...
- Author:Fletcher, CrystalSummary:
Three women, three countries, three stories—the destinies of a Thai in prison for murdering her husband, a Cambodian longing for a child, and a Laotian Hmong refugee are threaded together by the tears leftover from the Vietnam War. Each...
- Author:Adichie, Chimamanda NgoziSummary:
A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected.
- Author:Alzayat, DimaSummary:
The award-winning stories in Dima Alzayat's collection, Alligator and Other Stories, are luminous and tender, whether dealing with a woman preforming burial rites for her brother in "Ghusl," or the great-aunt struggling...
- Author:Off, CarolSummary:
Tells the story of a family's desperate attempts to escape Afghan warlords, Taliban oppression, and the persecutions of refugee life, in hopes that both their sons and their daughters could dare to dream of peace and opportunity. And...
- Author:Walsh, AliceSummary:
Thirteen-year-old Rabia, along with her mother and younger brother, flee Afghanistan and the brutal Taliban for Pakistan. Relocating to North America, their flight falls on the fateful morning of 9/11. After the terrorist attack on the...
- Author:Park, Linda Sue.Summary:
In 1985 southern Sudan is ravaged by war. Rebels and government forces battle for control, with ordinary people . . . people like the boy, Salva Dut . . . caught in the middle. When Salva's village is attacked, he must embark on a...
- Author:Hadero, MeronSummary:
Set across the United States and abroad, these award-winning stories feature immigrants, refugees, and those on the brink of dispossession, all struggling to begin again, all fighting to belong.
- Author:Flores-Galbis, EnriqueSummary:
When unrest hits the streets of Havana, Cuba, Julian's parents must make the heartbreaking decision to send him and his two brothers away to Miami via the Pedro Pan operation. But when the boys get to Miami, they are thrust into a...
- Author:Dinesen, IsakSummary:
"Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: give me leave to do my utmost." This line from "Babette's Feast" lends itself to both of the stories in this audio collection, which...