Fleming, Melissa (Communication director),

A hope more powerful than the sea : one refugee's incredible story of love, loss, and survival / Melissa Fleming. - First edition. - 290 pages : map ; 21 cm

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.

The story of a young Syrian refugee's attempt to reach Sweden, focusing on her ordeal in icy waters after the dilapidated fishing vessel in which she was traveling--along with 500 others--sinks.

ISBN: 9781250235824 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2016044107

Subjects--Personal Names:
Zamel, Doaa Al, 1995-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Refugees--Syria.
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc--Mediterranean Sea.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Syria--History--Civil War, 2011-
Syria--Emigration and immigration.
Europe--Emigation and immigration--Government policy.

LC Class. No.: HV640.5.S97 / F54 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 956.9104/231