{"product_id":"the-optician-of-lampedusa-1","title":"Emma Jane Kirby: The Optician of Lampedusa [2017] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Poetically written, absorbing, harrowing' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The raw and emotional account of an optician whose family fishing trip  suddenly placed him amid the human tragedy of hundreds of drowning  migrants is a story that needed to be told' Fiona Wilson, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An important book ... I cried all the way through' Tracy Chevalier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom an award-winning BBC journalist, this moving book turns the testimony of an accidental hero into a timeless story about human fellowship and the awakening of courage and conscience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I can hardly begin to describe to you what I saw as our boat approached the source of that terrible noise. I hardly want to. You won't understand because you weren't there. You can't understand. You see, I thought I'd heard seagulls screeching. Seagulls fighting over a lucky catch. Birds. Just birds.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eEmma-Jane Kirby has reported extensively on the reality of mass migration today. In \u003ci\u003eThe Optician of Lampedusa\u003c\/i\u003e she brings to life the moving testimony of an ordinary man whose late summer boat trip off a Sicilian island unexpectedly turns into a tragic rescue mission.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kirby, Emma Jane","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":50543634874707,"sku":"XV80141985220","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/kirby-emma-jane-the-optician-of-lampedusa-xv80141985220-1145648549.jpg?v=1741475001","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/the-optician-of-lampedusa-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}