{"product_id":"optician-of-lampedusa","title":"Optician Of Lampedusa By Kirby, Emma Jane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Poetically written, absorbing, harrowing'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The raw and emotional account of an optician whose family fishing trip  suddenly placed him amid the human tragedy of hundreds of drowning  migrants is a story that needed to be told'' Fiona Wilson, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An important book ... I cried all the way through'' Tracy Chevalier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom an award-winning BBC journalist, this moving book turns the testimony of an accidental hero into a timeless story about human fellowship and the awakening of courage and conscience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''I can hardly begin to describe to you what I saw as our boat approached the source of that terrible noise. I hardly want to. You won''t understand because you weren''t there. You can''t understand. You see, I thought I''d heard seagulls screeching. Seagulls fighting over a lucky catch. Birds. Just birds.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eEmma-Jane Kirby has reported extensively on the reality of mass migration today. In \u003ci\u003eThe Optician of Lampedusa\u003c\/i\u003e she brings to life the moving testimony of an ordinary man whose late summer boat trip off a Sicilian island unexpectedly turns into a tragic rescue mission.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57549484261758,"sku":"NW9780141985220","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141985220.jpg?v=1783165987","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/optician-of-lampedusa","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}