Catherine's Reviews > A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

I was hesitant to read this book, but I'm glad I did. Seeing the Syrian conflict and resulting refugee crisis from the perspective of one family and one young woman in particular, made the situation clear and more poignant. It's a story that I think everyone needs to hear.

The shorter version can be found in the TED talk that lead to Ms. Fleming's book:
https://www.ted.com/talks/melissa_fle...

A few things are different (I'm assuming she uncovered different information as she interviewed furthur people for her book research) and most of Doaa's personal story is not contained in the TED talk.

The writing is not amazing, but then Ms. Fleming is a humanitarian, not a professional writer. The passage of time was often unclear to me, especially during Doaa's teenage years living in Egypt. And sometimes the phrasing was confusing and/or overdramatic. But with a book like this, the writing isn't really the point.