Butterfly : from refugee to Olympian, my story of rescue, hope and triumph
Mardini, Yusra2018
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Yusra Mardini fled her native Syria to the Turkish coast in 2015 and boarded a small dinghy full of refugees bound for Greece. When the small and overcrowded boat's engine cut out, it began to sink. Yusra, her sister and two others took to the water, pushing the boat for three and a half hours in open water until they eventually landed on Lesbos, saving the lives of the passengers aboard. This is the story of that remarkable woman, whose journey started in a war-torn suburb of Damascus and took her through Europe to Berlin and from there to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Main title:
Butterfly : from refugee to Olympian, my story of rescue, hope and triumph / Yusra Mardini with Josie Le Blond.
Author:
Mardini, Yusra, authorBlond, Josie Le, author
Imprint:
London : Bluebird, 2018.
Collation:
284 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781509881673 (hbk)
Dewey class:
797.21092920797.2
LC class:
GV838
Local class:
920.1797.21
Language:
English
Subject:
Mardini, YusraOlympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)Women swimmers -- Syria -- BiographyWomen swimmers -- Germany -- BiographyWomen Olympic athletes -- Syria -- BiographyWomen Olympic athletes -- Germany -- BiographyPolitical refugees -- Syria -- BiographyBiographySwimmers -- Germany -- BiographySwimmers -- Syria -- BiographyOlympic athletes -- Germany -- Biography
BRN:
2212038
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