Sea Prayer (Hardback)
  • Sea Prayer (Hardback)
  • Sea Prayer (Hardback)
  • Sea Prayer (Hardback)
  • Sea Prayer (Hardback)
  • Sea Prayer (Hardback)
  • Sea Prayer (Hardback)
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Sea Prayer (Hardback)

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Hardback 48 Pages
Published: 30/08/2018
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Waterstones Says

With superb illustrations, Sea Prayer sings with tenderness: a hymn to a destroyed country and a broken life. All author proceeds go to the UN Refugee Agency and the Khaled Hosseini Foundation.

A heart-wrenching story from the international bestselling author of The Kite Runner, brought to life by Dan Williams's beautiful illustrations.

On a moonlit beach a father cradles his sleeping son as they wait for dawn to break and a boat to arrive. He speaks to his boy of the long summers of his childhood, recalling his grandfather's house in Syria, the stirring of olive trees in the breeze, the bleating of his grandmother's goat, the clanking of her cooking pots. And he remembers, too, the bustling city of Homs with its crowded lanes, its mosque and grand souk, in the days before the sky spat bombs and they had to flee.

When the sun rises they and those around them will gather their possessions and embark on a perilous sea journey in search of a new home.

Khaled Hosseini will donate author proceeds from this book to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Khaled Hosseini Foundation to help fund life-saving relief efforts to help refugees around the globe.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN: 9781526602718
Number of pages: 48
Weight: 332 g
Dimensions: 240 x 156 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

As moving as any of his novels … For all its brevity packs a powerful punch - i

Dan Williams’s watercolours are a haunting companion to the contemplative and poetic story … Opens up many powerful emotions about family, survival and childhood - Observer

The book may be brief, but it is beautiful, poetic – a distillation of his strengths - Sunday Times

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“Stunningly Beautiful Book.”

This is a truly heart-wrenching short story ( only 48 pages ) written by Khaled Hosseini, bestselling author of the Kite Runner.
Mr Hosseini was inspired to write this following the story of Alan Kurdi, the little 3... More

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“Don’t judge others until you’ve walked in their shoes.”

Sea Prayer was born out of a photo of a little boy clutched in his father’s arms on a beach in Greece - one that rocked the world. He’d drowned when the boat supposedly bringing them to safety, sank. They were... More

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“Beautiful and heart breaking”

This is a beautifully illustrated book with a heart breaking story.
I was drawn to this book as I applaud people trying to shed light on this crisis and of course because he is a brilliant author.
This was inspired... More

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