First published 2018
Holding his sleeping son, a father in Syria reflects on the life they're leaving behind. Once a thriving city, Homs has become a deadly warzone. Now they must risk everything on a perilous sea crossing, with only each other to cling to. In this moving elegy, a parent's love battles the brutality of displacement.
Genres: literary-fiction, historical-fiction, war, contemporary, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: family-drama, parent-child-relationship
Setting: Syria
Period: Civil War, 2011-
48 pages · Hardcover · Riverhead Books
Content warnings: violence, war