{"product_id":"city-of-thorns-nine-lives-in-the-worlds-largest-refugee-camp","title":"City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp","description":"Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize\nNamed a Best of Book of the Year by The Economist and Foreign Affairs\nLos Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist\n\nThe Dadaab refugee camp is many things: to the charity workers, it’s a humanitarian crisis; to the Kenyan government, a “nursery for terrorists”; to the Western media, a dangerous no-go area. But to its half a million residents, it’s their last resort.\n\nSituated hundreds of miles from any other settlement, deep within the inhospitable desert of northern Kenya where only thorn bushes grow, Dadaab is a city like no other. Its buildings are made from mud, sticks, or plastic. Its entire economy is grey. And its citizens survive on rations and luck. Over the course of four years, Ben Rawlence became a firsthand witness to a strange and desperate place, getting to know many of those who had come seeking sanctuary. Among them are Guled, a former child soldier who lives for football; Nisho, who scrapes an existence by pushing a wheelbarrow and dreaming of riches; Tawane, the indomitable youth leader; and Kheyro, a student whose future hangs upon her education.\n\nIn City of Thorns, Rawlence interweaves the stories of nine individuals to show what life is like in the camp, sketching the wider political forces that keep the refugees trapped. Lucid, vivid, and illuminating, City of Thorns is an urgent human story with deep international repercussions, brought to life through the people who call Dabaab home.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1250118735\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1250118735.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Rawlence, Ben\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43100401926205,"sku":"BVV.1250118735.A","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1250118735-0.jpg?v=1775942617","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/city-of-thorns-nine-lives-in-the-worlds-largest-refugee-camp","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}