{"product_id":"reaching-mithymna","title":"Reaching Mithymna","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2020 HILARY WESTON WRITERS’ TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTION • A \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e New \u0026amp; Noteworthy Book • A CBC Best Nonfiction Book of 2020 • A \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e Top 100 Book for 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Combining his poetic sensibilities and storytelling skills with a documentarian’s eye, [Heighton] has created a wrenching narrative.”—2020 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction Jury \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fall of 2015, Steven Heighton made an overnight decision to travel to the frontlines of the Syrian refugee crisis in Greece and enlist as a volunteer. He arrived on the isle of Lesvos with a duffel bag and a dubious grasp of Greek, his mother''s native tongue, and worked on the landing beaches and in OXY-—a jerrybuilt, ad hoc transit camp providing simple meals, dry clothes, and a brief rest to refugees after their crossing from Turkey. In a town deserted by the tourists that had been its lifeblood, Heighton-—alongside the exhausted locals and under-equipped international aid workers—-found himself thrown into emergency roles for which he was woefully unqualified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the brief reprieves of volunteer-refugee soccer matches to the riots of Camp Moria, \u003cem\u003eReaching Mithymna\u003c\/em\u003e is a firsthand account of the crisis and an engaged exploration of the borders that divide us and the ties that bind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57405491446142,"sku":"NW9781771963763","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781771963763.jpg?v=1778680987","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/reaching-mithymna","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}