The Boat People

Sharon Bala

earliest edition we have, 2018 Anchor, 2018 paperback 352 pages

For readers of Khaled Hosseini and Chris Cleave, The Boat People is an extraordinary novel about a group of refugees who survive a perilous ocean voyage only to face the threat of deportation amid accusations of terrorism. When a rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees from Sri Lanka's bloody civil war reaches Vancouver's shores, the young father thinks he and his six-year-old son can fin...

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The Boat People paperback · 2018 · Anchor · 352 pages · 9780525432463
The Boat People hardcover · 2018 · Doubleday · 352 pages · 9780385542296
The Boat People ebook · 2018 · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 352 pages · 9780385542302
The Boat People paperback · 2018 · McClelland & Stewart · 416 pages · 9780771024290

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