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The Wrong End of the Telescope

Pages
368
Published
2021
Language
English

Synopsis

Mina Simpson, a Lebanese doctor, travels to the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece, to assist her friend's NGO. Decades removed from her homeland, Mina hopes to make a difference among the many Western volunteers. She soon connects with Sumaiya, a Syrian matriarch hiding a terminal illness from her family. As Mina works to treat Sumaiya with limited resources, she confronts the harsh realities of the migrants' displacement and her own capacity to help.

How it reads

Prose complexity 7/10
Content warnings (1)
Trauma