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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.

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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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