An illustrated book on the refugee crisis that will break your heart
in under 48 pages, from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of
The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains
Echoed.
Intensely moving. . .Powerfully evocative of the plight in which
displaced populations find themselves.- Kirkus, STARRED Review
Hosseini's story, aimed at readers of all ages, does not dwell on
nightmarish fates; instead, its emotional power flows from the love of a
father for his son.- Publishers Weekly, STARRED BOX Review
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.
