{"product_id":"the-refugee-ocean-9781668007433","title":"The Refugee Ocean","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Pauls Toutonghi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo refugees find that their lives are inextricably linked--over time and distance--by the perils of history and a single haunting piece of music.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in Beirut in 1922, Marguerite Toutoungi lives a life of loss and sacrifice. She dreams of traveling to Europe and studying music at the Conservatoire de Paris but her family--and her society--hold her back. When she meets the son of a Cuban tobacco farmer at a formal dance, love transforms her life. Together with him, she flees across the Atlantic Ocean. She's hoping for a new beginning. Instead, she finds revolution and chaos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver fifty years later, Naïm Rahil is a teenage refugee from Aleppo, Syria. A former piano prodigy who struggles to thrive in America--and who has lost part of his hand in the war--he dreams of a simple, normal life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving from Aleppo on the brink of civil war, to Lebanon in the late 1940s, to Havana during the Cuban Revolution, to the suburbs of Washington, DC, \u003ci\u003eThe Refugee Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e grapples with what it means to be an immigrant, shows how wounds can heal, and highlights the role of music and art in the resilience of the human spirit.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45299395297431,"sku":"9781668007433","price":2731.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781668007433.webp?v=1769285554","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-refugee-ocean-9781668007433","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}