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Unbreakable threads : the true story of an australian mother, a refugee boy and what it really means to be a family / Emma Adams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Emma, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Refugee children--Australia.
- Refugee children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (434 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2018.
- Summary:
- The remarkable true story of an Australian mother's fight to free an unaccompanied Hazara boy from detention, and include him in her family.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- IMPORTANT NOTE
- 1 WICKHAM POINT
- 2 WITNESSING
- 3 NOT TURNING AWAY
- 4 A MOTHER'S DILEMMA
- 5 GRASPING THE THREAD
- 6 ROB'S FAMILY
- 7 A LETTER TO ABDUL
- 8 HOW INDEFINITE FEELS
- 9 A LETTER TO SCOTT MORRISON
- 10 THE INVISIBLE THREAT
- 11 LETTERS FROM MY SONS
- 12 THE BACK-UP PLAN
- 13 THE SECOND VISIT
- 14 DESPAIR
- 15 BIRDS
- 16 THE HAPPIEST KID IN DETENTION
- 17 THE THIRD VISIT
- 18 A SPECIAL VISITOR
- 19 DATA BREACH
- 20 WINGS
- 21 A LETTER TO ZAYNAB
- 22 WAITING AT THE AIRPORT
- 23 FREEDOM ISN'T JUST WALKING OUT THE DOOR
- 24 OUR ANCESTORS' WOUNDS
- 25 THE CORN TRAIL
- 26 THE FACE OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
- 27 BOYS REUNITED
- 28 CONNECTING
- 29 WATCHING TELEVISION
- 30 FOOD
- 31 FAITH
- 32 MAGIC CARPETS
- 33 FAMILY PRIDE
- 34 GROWING PAINS
- 35 AHAD THE STOUT-HEARTED
- 36 A MOMENT OF DELIGHT
- 37 RUNNING
- 38 ID TAGS
- 39 PARENTING AGAINST THE ODDS
- 40 REMEMBERING
- 41 VISAS
- 42 THE 'FAST-TRACK' INTERVIEW
- 43 SHOULDER SURGERY
- 44 HE'S GETTING YOUNGER
- 45 THE ASSAULT
- 46 LANGUAGE
- 47 THE EMMA AND ABDUL SHOW
- 48 ONE OF US
- 49 A HORRIBLE REALISATION
- 50 KINDNESS
- 51 THE WORST JUST KEEPS HAPPENING
- 52 SEEING REFUGEES ON BOATS
- 53 LEILA AND ALI
- 54 LOVING AND LETTING GO
- 55 WADBILLIGA
- 56 HOPE
- 57 THE MOUNTAIN-AN ALLEGORY
- 58 HAPPINESS
- AFTERWORD
- Pic section
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-76063-718-1
- OCLC:
- 1050725554
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