Can’t Wait Wednesday, is hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read.
A short, powerful, illustrated book written by beloved novelist Khaled Hosseini in response to the current refugee crisis, Sea Prayer is composed in the form of a letter, from a father to his son, on the eve of their journey. Watching over his sleeping son, the father reflects on the dangerous sea-crossing that lies before them. It is also a vivid portrait of their life in Homs, Syria, before the war, and of that city’s swift transformation from a home into a deadly war zone.
Impelled to write this story by the haunting image of young Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed upon the beach in Turkey in September 2015, Hosseini hopes to pay tribute to the millions of families, like Kurdi’s, who have been splintered and forced from home by war and persecution, and he will donate author proceeds from this book to the UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) and The Khaled Hosseini Foundation to help fund lifesaving relief efforts to help refugees around the globe.
Khaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read writers in the world, with more than fifty-five million copies of his novels sold worldwide in more than seventy countries. Hosseini is also a Goodwill Envoy to the UNHCR, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit that provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.
I’ve not read his work! This does sounds like a great read! I’m featuring a purple book today! 🎃👻
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I love all of his books. You should give one of them a try. Thanks for stopping by.
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Yours very welcome! Oh I might just do that!
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I love the watercolors on this cover. It sounds like a great book.
Mary
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Thanks Mary, I agree.
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Those libraries sure have some long waits huh? If they aren’t all coming in at once, then it seems like you’re waiting forever!
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Agree. I have three books right now that all came in this week! Yikes! But I have 3 weeks to read them so it should be ok. Good thing I don’t have 3 libraries near me like you lol.
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I read The Kite Runner, but I read it during a vacation and I’m not good at that because I’m always too distracted and antsy thinking about the next fun activity. I need to read it again. I know I loved what did sink in. I had no idea that the author had written more books. Thanks for the heads up! 🙌🙌🙌
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I love all of his books. The Mountains Echoed and 1000 Splendid Suns are fabulous. I think I like them better than The Kite Runner. I wish he would come out with a new book.
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