City of thorns

nine lives in the world's largest refugee camp

City of thorns

nine lives in the world's largest refugee camp
by Ben Rawlence
large type - 2016

Ben Rawlence interweaves the stories of nine individuals to show what life is like in the Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya, and to sketch the wider political forces that keep half a million refugees trapped there. Lucid, vivid and illuminating, City of Thorns tells an urgent human story.

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37413316424284 Available Non-fiction Large Print LGE-TYPE 967.7305 RAWLENC
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rawlence, Ben (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, [2016]
Edition:Large print edition.
Series:Thorndike Press large print core series.
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