Dying to Live : Stories From Refugees on the Road to Freedom

"This book opens a window into the world of people who are forced to flee their homeland to survive: refugees. To understand this world, you'll read the words, stories, hopes, expectations, and often despairs of the refugees themselves. Danielle Vella takes the reader along on her travels from Africa to the Middle East to Europe to the US to meet and interview refugees —and tell their stories."--Provided by publisher The aim of the book is to open a window onto the world of people who are forced to escape from their homeland to survive - refugees. The guide to this world is their own words, their stories, their hopes and expectations, and often their despair. I will travel to places that mark stages of the journey and destination of refugees, to meet and to interview them. Taking readers on this journey, from Africa to the Middle East to Europe to the USA, the book will be divided into four sections, each of which could represent journey's end for the refugees: destination, limbo, return, death The aim of the book is to open a window into the world of people who are forced to flee their homeland to survive - refugees. The guide to understanding this world is through hearing the words, stories, hopes, expectations, and often, despairs of the refugees themselves. Author Danielle Vella travels from Africa to the Middle East to Europe to the USA to meet and interview refugees and help them tell their stories. The aim of the book is to open a window onto the world of people who are forced to escape from their homeland to survive-refugees. The guide to this world is their own words, their stories, their hopes and expectations, and often their despair"-- Provided by publisher