Those we throw away are diamonds : a refugee's search for home
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Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022.
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9781432895242, 1432895249
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022.
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Large Print
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537 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
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English
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9781432895242, 1432895249

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"The text of this Large Print edition is unabridged. Other aspects of the book may vary from the original edition."
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"Published in 2022 by arrangement with Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC."
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"A stunning and heartbreaking lens on the global refugee crisis, from a man who faced the very worst of humanity and survived to advocate for displaced people around the world One day when Mondiant Dogon, a Bagogwe Tutsi born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was only three years old, his father's lifelong friend, a Hutu man, came to their home with a machete in his hand and warned the family they were to be killed within hours. Dogon's family fled into the forest, initiating a long and dangerous journey into Rwanda. They made their way to the first of several UN tent cities in which they would spend decades. But their search for a safe haven had just begun. Hideous violence stalked them in the camps. Even though Rwanda famously has a former refugee for a president in Paul Kagame, refugees in that country face enormous prejudice and acute want. For much of his life, Dogon and his family ate barely enough to keep themselves from starving. He fled back to Congo in search of the better life that had been lost, but there he was imprisoned and left without any option but to become a child soldier. For most refugees, the camp starts as an oasis but soon becomes quicksand, impossible to leave. Yet Dogon managed to be one of the few refugees he knew to go to college. Though he hid his status from his fellow students out of shame, eventually he would emerge as an advocate for his people. Rarely do refugees get to tell their own stories. We see them only for a moment, if at all, in flight: Syrians winding through the desert; children searching a Greek shore for their parents; families gathered at the southern border of the United States. But through his writing, Dogon took control of his own narrative and spoke up for forever refugees everywhere. As Dogon once wrote in a poem, "Those we throw away are diamonds.""--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Dogon, M., & Krajeski, J. (2022). Those we throw away are diamonds: a refugee's search for home (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dogon, Mondiant and Jenna, Krajeski. 2022. Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds: A Refugee's Search for Home. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dogon, Mondiant and Jenna, Krajeski. Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds: A Refugee's Search for Home Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Dogon, Mondiant,, and Jenna Krajeski. Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds: A Refugee's Search for Home Large print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022.

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