{"product_id":"homes-a-refugee-story-9781988298283","title":"Homes: A Refugee Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2019 Canada Reads Audience Choice Winner and Finalist for the 2018 Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction and the Shaugnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2010, the al Rabeeah family left their home in Iraq in hope of a safer life. They moved to Homs, in Syria - just before the Syrian civil war broke out.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbu Bakr, one of eight children, was ten years old when the violence began on the streets around him: car bombings, attacks on his mosque and school, firebombs late at night. \u003ci\u003eHomes\u003c\/i\u003e tells of the strange juxtapositions of growing up in a war zone: horrific, unimaginable events punctuated by normalcy - soccer, cousins, video games, friends.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHomes\u003c\/i\u003e is the remarkable true story of how a young boy emerged from a war zone - and found safety in Canada - with a passion for sharing his story and telling the world what is truly happening in Syria. As told to her by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, writer Winnie Yeung has crafted a heartbreaking, hopeful, and urgently necessary book that provides a window into understanding Syria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abu Bakr Al Rabeeah,Winnie Yeung\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e FreeHand Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781988298283","brand":"FreeHand Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45486695547017,"sku":"9781988298283","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_c48d4190-31c2-4181-a001-ae4a2485aba2.jpg?v=1775541584","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/homes-a-refugee-story-9781988298283","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}