The cave : a secret underground hospital and one woman's story of survival in Syria : a memoir
(2024)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
MEMOIR/BALLOUR,A

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Biography & Memoir MEMOIR/BALLOUR,A Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2024]
DESCRIPTION

253 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781426222740, 1426222742 :, 1426222742, 9781426222740
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Includes book club discussion questions (pages 243-244)

Prologue: A poisned night -- Part One: Growing up. A different life -- The road to medicine -- Revolution -- Turning points -- Part Two: Inside the cave. The street of death -- The siege begins -- Death -- The siege intensifies -- Torture and tunnels -- Part Three: Stepping up. interlude -- Backlash -- Making plans -- Turning 30 -- Part Four: Last stand. The final offensive -- Leave-taking -- Above ground -- Idlib -- Part Five: Exile. Safe harbor -- Refugee -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Book club discussion questions -- Index

"This searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital in Syria"--

Includes index

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