{"product_id":"i-just-wanted-to-save-stphan-plissier-9781635420180","title":"I Just Wanted to Save My Family: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe timely, powerful memoir of a man unjustly charged with a crime for helping his relatives, refugees from Syria. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For trying to save his in-laws, who were fleeing certain death in Syria, St phan P lissier was threatened with fifteen years in prison by the Greek justice system, which accused him of human smuggling. His crime? Having gone to search for the parents, brother, and sister of his wife, Z na, in Greece rather than leaving them to undertake a treacherous journey by boat to Italy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir joy on finding each other quickly turned into a nightmare: P lissier was arrested as a result of a missing car registration and thrown into prison. Although his relatives were ultimately able to seek asylum--legally--in France, P lissier had to fight to prove his innocence, and to uphold the values of common humanity and solidarity in which he so strongly believes. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Just Wanted to Save My Family\u003c\/i\u003e offers a heartrending window into the lives of those displaced by the Syrian civil war and a scathing critique of the often absurd, unfeeling bureaucracies that determine their fates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stéphan Pélissier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1635420180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635420180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2021","brand":"Stéphan Pélissier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983390769407,"sku":"9781635420180","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a04e335-fca8-4d15-ac11-a557f7ce587c.jpg?v=1683266360","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-just-wanted-to-save-stphan-plissier-9781635420180","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}