kimlockhartga ,
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@bookstodon on this I'd like to both list and solicit recommendations for books about refugees. With the deepening Climate Crisis, each of us could find ourselves in such a position at any time.

My rec's:

The Beekeeper of Aleppo, Christy Lefteri

Illegal, Eoin Colfer

Welcome To The New World, Jake Halpern, Michael Sloan

What Strange Paradise, Omar El Akkad

The Best We Could Do, Thi Bui

Almost American Girl, Robin Ha

The Wrong End of The Telescope, Rabih Alameddine

Lark Ascending, Silas House

Feeding Ghosts, Tessa Hulls

MarianHellema ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon

One day late for Refugee Day, but two more for your list.

Dave Eggers - What is the What

Laila Lalami - Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits

kimlockhartga OP ,
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@MarianHellema @bookstodon both sound like solid choices; thank you.

templetongate ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon
Two that come to mind are KSR's Ministry for the Future, and Sue Burke's Dual Memory. I'll probably think of others.

wendypalmer ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon can add The Mars House, Natasha Pulley

kimlockhartga OP ,
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@wendypalmer @bookstodon that book was quite the ride!

wendypalmer ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon wasn't it just! Only Natasha Pulley could present an anti-immigration billionaire politician and say, yeah, but you're going to like them anyway😆 (or at least I did. I imagine reception might be mixed...)

kimlockhartga OP ,
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@wendypalmer @bookstodon Right? And I have driven my friends crazy by recommending The Kingdoms. That showcased her storytelling chops early on.

wendypalmer ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon that was the first one of hers I read, blew me away. I pretty much turned straight back to the start to read it again, and I never normally do that

Tedspence ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon My suggestion: "Round up the usual suspects", the book about the making of Casablanca, which in addition to being a movie about refugees was also produced by a motley crew of refugees.

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