{"product_id":"9781771963763","title":"Reaching Mithymna","description":"Author: Steven Heighton\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781771963763\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Feb 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2020 HILARY WESTON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTION  A New York Times New \u0026amp; Noteworthy Book  A CBC Best Nonfiction Book of 2020  A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book for 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Combining his poetic sensibilities and storytelling skills with a documentarian's eye, [Heighton] has created a wrenching narrative.\"-2020 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Jury \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fall of 2015, Steven Heighton made an overnight decision to travel to the frontlines of the Syrian refugee crisis in Greece and enlist as a volunteer. He arrived on the isle of Lesvos with a duffel bag and a dubious grasp of Greek, his mother's native tongue, and worked on the landing beaches and in OXY--a jerrybuilt, ad hoc transit camp providing simple meals, dry clothes, and a brief rest to refugees after their crossing from Turkey. In a town deserted by the tourists that had been its lifeblood, Heighton--alongside the exhausted locals and under-equipped international aid workers--found himself thrown into emergency roles for which he was woefully unqualified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the brief reprieves of volunteer-refugee soccer matches to the riots of Camp Moria, Reaching Mithymna is a firsthand account of the crisis and an engaged exploration of the borders that divide us and the ties that bind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46852855431326,"sku":"ADS-9781771963763","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781771963763.jpg?v=1779063707","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781771963763","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}