Unbreakable Threads
The True Story Of An Australian Mother, A Refugee Boy And What It Really Means To Be A Family
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
An extraordinary story of courage and kindness and the ultimate triumph of family over what, at times, seem like insurmountable odds.
'Abdul is dignified, defiant even, but his poise is beginning to wear thin in this place. He needs surgery for a chronic shoulder injury sustained when he was hit by a car in Kabul. Like the others in detention with him, he faces an uncertain fate, and years in limbo. Most of the people in the centre have already had their spirits broken.'
When psychiatrist and mother of three Emma Adams travels to Darwin as an observer of conditions for mothers and babies in the immigration detention centres there, she expects the trip to be confronting. What she doesn't expect is to return to Canberra consumed by the idea that she must help a sixteen-year-old unaccompanied Hazara boy from Afghanistan - Abdul.
The premise was simple: Wouldn't any teenage boy be better off staying with a family rather than locked behind a wire fence? In this brutal and bureaucratic system, freedom was a hopeless dream. Emma and Abdul's connection, and her fight to get him out and provide him with an Australian home, a family and a future, forms an important testimony in Australia's appalling treatment of asylum seekers. Their story is a beacon of hope and humanity.
Customer Reviews
Thought provoking and beautifully written.
Very interesting read and definitely makes you wonder how this is still going on in Australia. Shame on us for continuing to support a government that allows this to continue! Where is the voice of Australians pulling together and giving everyone a fair chance?
A story about what one family can do
One of the most inspiring books I have read this year, heartfelt and beautifully written.