Presenting this moving account of how immigration restrictions keep romantic partners apart, the author performs with gentle phrasing and clarity that make every sentence and narrative thread easy to absorb. The audio focuses on the author, a U.S. citizen with Middle East heritage who fell in love with a Syrian refugee and faced constant threats to their being together as they sought a country that would accept them both. But she also tells the stories of other migrant and refugee couples who are prevented from being together because of capricious border laws rooted in ethnic stereotypes, colonialism, and ethnic exploitation. Her personal journey and her accounts of past and present immigration injustices are served well by her cogent writing and vocal authenticity. T.W. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine
With deep empathy, rigorous reporting, and the irresistible perspective of a true romantic, journalist Anna Lekas Miller spotlights couples around the world who confront frustrating immigration systems to be together-as she did to be with her husband.*¿
We are told that love conquers all, but what happens when you don't have the right passport?
Love *Across *Borders**takes *readers *through *contentious *frontiers *around *the *world, *from Turkey to Iraq, Syria to Greece, Mexico to the United States, to reveal the wide-spread *prejudicial *laws *intent *on *dividing *us. *Lekas *Miller *tells *her *own *gripping *story *of *meeting *Salem *Rizk, *in *Istanbul, *where *they were *both *reporting *on *the *Syrian *civil war. But when Turkey started cracking down on refugees, Salem, who is Syrian, wasn't allowed to stay there, nor could he safely return to Syria. He was a man without a country. So Lekas Miller had to decide her next move: she had an American passport but deep personal ties to the Middle East, and she knew it was unfair that Salem couldn't travel freely the way she could.
More important, she loved him. *Over *the *next *few *years, *as *they *navigated *Salem's *asylum *claims, *the *United *States' *Muslim *ban, *and *labyrinthine *regulations *in *several *different countries, *Lekas *Miller learned about-and naturally bonded with-other people whose spouses had been deported, *who *found *love *in *refugee *camps, whose *differing *immigration *statuses *caused *complicated *power *dynamics *and *financial *hardship *in *their *relationships *or *threatened *the *wellbeing *of their *children. *Here, *offering *a *uniquely *diverse, *international, and intimate look at the global immigration crisis, she collects and interweaves these *rich *love stories *with *a *fascinating *look *at *the *history *of *passports *(a *shockingly *recent institution), the legacy of colonialism, and the discriminatory laws shaping how people move through the world every day. *
Ultimately, she builds a powerful, moving case for a borderless society-one where she and Salem could move freely to be near family or back to the city that first let them fall in love, and where a border patrol agent can't keep anyone's love story from its happy ending.*
“A book designed to change minds and hearts. What are we fighting for, after all, if not a world where love can be truly free?” -Sarah Jaffe, author of*Work Won't Love You Back*and*Necessary Trouble
With deep empathy, rigorous reporting, and the irresistible perspective of a true romantic, journalist Anna Lekas Miller spotlights couples around the world who confront frustrating immigration systems to be together-as she did to be with her husband.*¿
We are told that love conquers all, but what happens when you don't have the right passport?
Love *Across *Borders**takes *readers *through *contentious *frontiers *around *the *world, *from Turkey to Iraq, Syria to Greece, Mexico to the United States, to reveal the wide-spread *prejudicial *laws *intent *on *dividing *us. *Lekas *Miller *tells *her *own *gripping *story *of *meeting *Salem *Rizk, *in *Istanbul, *where *they were *both *reporting *on *the *Syrian *civil war. But when Turkey started cracking down on refugees, Salem, who is Syrian, wasn't allowed to stay there, nor could he safely return to Syria. He was a man without a country. So Lekas Miller had to decide her next move: she had an American passport but deep personal ties to the Middle East, and she knew it was unfair that Salem couldn't travel freely the way she could.
More important, she loved him. *Over *the *next *few *years, *as *they *navigated *Salem's *asylum *claims, *the *United *States' *Muslim *ban, *and *labyrinthine *regulations *in *several *different countries, *Lekas *Miller learned about-and naturally bonded with-other people whose spouses had been deported, *who *found *love *in *refugee *camps, whose *differing *immigration *statuses *caused *complicated *power *dynamics *and *financial *hardship *in *their *relationships *or *threatened *the *wellbeing *of their *children. *Here, *offering *a *uniquely *diverse, *international, and intimate look at the global immigration crisis, she collects and interweaves these *rich *love stories *with *a *fascinating *look *at *the *history *of *passports *(a *shockingly *recent institution), the legacy of colonialism, and the discriminatory laws shaping how people move through the world every day. *
Ultimately, she builds a powerful, moving case for a borderless society-one where she and Salem could move freely to be near family or back to the city that first let them fall in love, and where a border patrol agent can't keep anyone's love story from its happy ending.*
“A book designed to change minds and hearts. What are we fighting for, after all, if not a world where love can be truly free?” -Sarah Jaffe, author of*Work Won't Love You Back*and*Necessary Trouble
Love Across Borders: Passports, Papers, and Romance in a Divided World
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Product Details
BN ID: | 2940176980424 |
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Publisher: | Hachette Audio |
Publication date: | 06/06/2023 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |