I Don't Want to Talk About Home: A migrant’s search for belonging

by Suad Aldarra

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PLEASE NOTE: This is a stock image not a photo of the book you will receive. Cover design and colour may vary. Stock image does not show any wear and tear that the book may have. I Don t Want to Talk About Home: A migrant’s search for belonging Author: Suad Aldarra Format: Paperback Publisher: Doubleday Ireland Published: 2022 Condition: Poor Condition. A reading copy with a specific fault such as writing inside, water damage, a missing dust jacket, heavy staining or creasing. Dispatched within one working day from our Yorkshire warehouse. Free UK delivery. About this book Powerful, fascinating and deeply moving - this book pushes aside our lazy images of human migration and refugees. I loved it. RODDY DOYLE, author of Love THE BESTSELLING MEMOIR - SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 'I carry my troubled homeland within me; I hide it like a crime.' Growing up in conservative Saudi Arabia, Suad Aldarra felt stifled by the strictures placed on women. She yearned for the vibrant Syrian streets of her family's origin. When the opportunity arose to study at Damascus University, she jumped at the chance to move to a city she loved and to experience a degree of freedom she'd never known. But when the war started, everything changed. Suddenly Suad was thrown into a world of relentless pressure desperately looking for a way out. Her degree in software engineering was the saving grace that allowed her to travel to Ireland on a working visa. Yet reaching

• ISBN: 9781781620625
• Condition: Fair

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