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Reaching Mithymna
- Author
- Steven Heighton
- Narrator
- Michael Braun
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 12 January 2021
- Run Time
- 7 hours 1 minute
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
arrived on the isle of Lesvos with a duffel bag and a dubious grasp of Greek, his mother’s native tongue, and worked on the landing beaches and in OXY—a
jerrybuilt, ad hoc transit camp providing simple meals, dry clothes, and a brief rest to refugees after their crossing from Turkey. In a town deserted by the tourists
that had been its lifeblood, Heighton—alongside the exhausted locals and underequipped international aid workers—found himself thrown into emergency roles
for which he was woefully unqualified.
From the brief reprieves of volunteer-refugee soccer matches to the riots of Camp Moria, Reaching Mithymna is a gripping firsthand account of the crisis and
an engaged exploration of the borders that divide us and the ties that bind.
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Details
- Author
- Steven Heighton
- Narrator
- Michael Braun
- Duration
- 7 hours 1 minute
- Release Date
- 12 January 2021
- ISBN
- 9781705027868
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Memoirs, Travel and holiday, Refugees and political asylum, Biography: general, Ethnic studies
Synopsis
In the fall of 2015, Steven Heighton made an overnight decision to travel to the frontlines of the Syrian refugee crisis in Greece and enlist as a volunteer. Hearrived on the isle of Lesvos with a duffel bag and a dubious grasp of Greek, his mother’s native tongue, and worked on the landing beaches and in OXY—ajerrybuilt, ad hoc transit camp providing simple meals, dry clothes, and a brief rest to refugees after their crossing from Turkey. In a town deserted by the touriststhat had been its lifeblood, Heighton—alongside the exhausted locals and underequipped international aid workers—found himself thrown into emergency rolesfor which he was woefully unqualified. From the brief reprieves of volunteer-refugee soccer matches to the riots of Camp Moria, Reaching Mithymna is a gripping firsthand account of the crisis andan engaged exploration of the borders that divide us and the ties that bind.
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