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A review by mrspenningalovesbooks
Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives by
4.0
I really enjoyed this memoir. The collection of refugee experiences was both eye-opening and humbling. To see so many of the phrases people use about refugees and their experiences as they come to a new country was devastatingly brutal and beautiful.
“Yet what all displaced people have most in common, regardless of where we come from, regardless if we are “official” refugees or “illegal@ immigrants, is our trauma. The trauma that propels us to this land, and the traumatic experiences that await us.”
“I believe that for the rest of your life, you carry that border inside of you. It becomes part of your psyche, your being, your identity.”
“Yet what all displaced people have most in common, regardless of where we come from, regardless if we are “official” refugees or “illegal@ immigrants, is our trauma. The trauma that propels us to this land, and the traumatic experiences that await us.”
“I believe that for the rest of your life, you carry that border inside of you. It becomes part of your psyche, your being, your identity.”