{"product_id":"refugee-memoirs-tom-zed-9780648771203","title":"Refugee Memoirs: Is the grass really greener on the other side..?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author of \u003cem\u003eRefugee Memoirs\u003c\/em\u003e took on to emigrate out of the comfort of his family home and native country, as a teenager, not knowing perhaps, the full, life-changing implications laying ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdventure and the unknown were the real drivers, under the mask of a 'political refugee', as was the requirement to qualify for the status and the protection, under the Geneva Refugee Convention in 'The West'. There were tens of thousands of refugees in the camps of Vienna, Austria and elsewhere, like in West Germany, Sweden and Britain at the time, about a year or so before the Berlin Wall fell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe transition from a relatively wealthy lifestyle to the barren \u003cem\u003elager \u003c\/em\u003e(Traiskirchen and G tzendorf, where the old army barracks were made available to accommodate the masses) and queuing for meals supplied was intimidating, humbling and sobering, especially for a young, city teen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Zed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0648771202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780648771203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Zed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.55d","brand":"Tom Zed","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43942462095615,"sku":"9780648771203","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_de7f7be5-f691-4161-9411-808e0a201664.jpg?v=1681492516","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/refugee-memoirs-tom-zed-9780648771203","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}