The Mediterranean Wall

Translated by Marjolijn de Jaeger

A staggeringly powerful story of migration, struggle and sisterhood, weaving together the stories of three women with very different backgrounds but one shared goal: to reach safety in Europe.

Dima fled war and torture in Syria.
Semhar is running from conscription in Eritrea.
Shoshana was driven from Nigeria by climate change and hunger.

Now the three women wait on the Libyan shore to board a crowded migrant boat heading for Europe, and the safety they long for.

Three modern-day odysseys. Three journeys through unimaginable pain and hardship in the hope of reaching safety. Three stories of struggle and bravery that reach a dramatic and deadly climax in the middle of the Mediterranean sea....

ISBN: 9781782277095 | Published: 17 May 2022 | Paperback | 352 pages