Book description
Five Days at MemorialmeetsInto the Raging Seain this “vivid snapshot of a broken asylum system” (Kirkus Reviews)—the gripping true story of a devastating shipwreck during the biggest refugee crisis since World War II.
On October 28, 2015, a boat meant for only a few dozen passengers capsized off the coast…
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Despite the generic title and cover, this is a vivid and gripping account of one of the worst shipwrecks of refugees in the Aegean Sea. Carstensen follows a few people from the desperate circumstances leading to their border crossing, why and how the wreck happened, the harrowing and dramatic attempt at rescue, and the unbelievable stress and demands put on a small Greek island. Much of the book is a minute-by-minute account of a few days in which terrible and heroic events took place.
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