The Home I Worked to Make

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"Pearlman weaves these tales together beautifully, artfully teasing out their commonalities, complexities, and contradictions...effectively centre[ing] the voices of refugees, drawing unexpected and incisive conclusions from her rich data... A stunningly curated text that strikes at the core of what it means to exist as a person in the world." -- Kirkus Reviews "[A] vital book ... a compendium of oral histories at once honest, instructive and devastating, collected through the tireless efforts of one of the most intellectually and morally astute thinkers working today." -- Omar El Akkad, best-selling author of American War and What Strange Paradise "When I opened this book, I expected to learn a lot about Syria; I didn't expect to learn so much about the meaning of home. Individually, these are urgent stories, beautifully crafted in simple, elegant prose. Collectively, they are a powerful reflection on home, on Syria, and on the inner struggles of its diaspora. A must-read for anyone who has ever craved home." -- Dina Nayeri, author of The Ungrateful Refugee and Who Gets Believed?