Across the big blue sea : good intentions and hard lessons in an Italian refugee home
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Published
[Italy?] : Ficari Publishing, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9791220015936
Physical Desc
iv, 276 pages ; 22 cm
Status
WENATCHEE PUBLIC LIBRARY
362.87 MEIER
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362.87 MEIER
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Published
[Italy?] : Ficari Publishing, 2017.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9791220015936
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"Thousands of people risk crossing the treacherous waters of the Mediterranean Sea each year. But what happens if they make it to the other side? On a hot July day, the Italian coast guard rescues five young Nigerian women in a battered boat. At the same time, Katja Meier is put in charge of a small refugee home in the Tuscan countryside. But a quaint hilltop town with an aged population wasn't exactly where the five young women had hoped to land. Good intentions quicky get lost in cultural misunderstandings and the shadows of Italy's criminal underworld as an ingenuous improvised social worker confronts hard truths about disorganized charities, insurmountable bureaucracy and prostitution on cypress-lined roads. How can she make a difference when Nigerian girls keep disappearing? In this searingly honest and thought-provoking memoir, leavened with just enough wry humor, Katja shares the hard lessons she discovered on the steepest of learning curves among Tuscany's seemingly idyllic golden hills."
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Meier, K. (2017). Across the big blue sea: good intentions and hard lessons in an Italian refugee home (First edition.). Ficari Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Meier, Katja. 2017. Across the Big Blue Sea: Good Intentions and Hard Lessons in an Italian Refugee Home. Ficari Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Meier, Katja. Across the Big Blue Sea: Good Intentions and Hard Lessons in an Italian Refugee Home Ficari Publishing, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Meier, Katja. Across the Big Blue Sea: Good Intentions and Hard Lessons in an Italian Refugee Home First edition., Ficari Publishing, 2017.
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