The End of Where We Begin: A Refugee Story

Russell, Rosalind

ISBN 10: 1911293559 / ISBN 13: 9781911293552

Published by Impress Books, 2020

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Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The End of Where We Begin: A Refugee Story
• Publisher: Impress Books
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1911293559
• ISBN 13: 9781911293552
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Like New
• Weight: 250 grams

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Synopsis

Veronica is a teenager when civil war erupts in South Sudan. Lonely and friendless after the death of her father, she finds solace in her first boyfriend, and together they flee across the city when the fighting breaks out. On the same night, Daniel, the son of a colonel, also makes his escape, but finds himself stranded by the River Nile, alone and vulnerable. Lilian is a young mother, who runs for her life holding the hand of her little boy Harmony – until a bomb attack wrenches them apart, forcing her to trek on alone.

After epic journeys of endurance, their lives cross in Bidi Bidi in Uganda – the world’s largest refugee camp. There they meet James, a counsellor who helps them to find light and hope in the darkest of places. The End of Where We Begin is a gripping and intimate true life account of three young people whose promising lives are brutally interrupted by war. It documents their heart-breaking and inspiring battle to keep moving on through the extremes of attack, injury, exile and trauma. It is a story of the bonds of community and resilience in adversity – a powerful message for our troubled times.

About the Author

Rosalind Russell is a journalist and editor with two decades of international experience. She has been a foreign correspondent for Reuters and The Independent in East Africa, the Middle East and Asia, including covering the fall of Kabul in the Afghan war and the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the anti-American insurgency. During nearly three years in Myanmar, Ros reported undercover under a pseudonym on the Saffron Revolution, elections and the release from house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi.

She is the author of two non-fiction books –  ‘Burma’s Spring’, a character-driven account of Myanmar’s turbulent transition and ’The End of Where We Begin’, the story of three young South Sudanese refugees, which was published late last year. She lives in London and has just launched Vaccine for the World for the Evening Standard, a year-long reporting project focused on the Covid-19 vaccine rollout in Africa.