Under the Same Sky

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2017
Edition: First Edition

Description: 333 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. A Powerful Insight Into The Human Face Of Asylum Seekers And The Way History Has Shaped The Lives Of These Two Young People One Is Accepted And Soon To Become An Australian, While The Other Has Been Told She Cannot Stay Here And To Return To Iran Would Be In Humane. They Both Met In Australia Originally.

Publishers Description: An unforgettable story of love, hope and a fight for freedom.At seventeen, Mojgan Shamsalipoor wanted to be safe from abuse, go to school and eventually marry for love. In Iran, she was denied all of this..Milad Jafari was a shy teenage by who found his voice as a musician. But the music he loved was illegal in his country. Milad's father - a key-maker, builder and shopkeeper - wanted his family to live free from the fear of arrest,imprisonment or execution. To do that, they all had to flee Iran.Mojgan and Milad met in Australia. But in the months between their separate sea voyages, the Australian government changed the way asylum seekers were treated. Though Milad is recognised as a refugee and will soon become a proud Australian citizen, Mojgan has been told she cannot stay here even tough the threat of imprisonment and further abuse, or worse, means she can't return to Iran. This is their story.Under the Same Sky is a powerful insight into the human face of asylum seekers and the way history has shaped the lives of these two young people. It also shows the compassion found in our suburbs. For Mojgan and Milad, love keeps their hopes alive.

ISBN: 9780733637827