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The harrowing journey of a teenage refugee who never gave up on his dream of seeing his family again.

Born to a wealthy family in northern Sri Lanka, Logathasan Tharmathurai and his family lost everything during the long and brutal Sri Lankan Civil War.

In January 1985, at the age of eighteen, he left his home in a desperate bid to build a new life for himself and his family abroad after a deeply traumatic encounter with a group of Sinhalese soldiers. As his terrifying and often astonishing journey unfolds, he finds himself in a refugee camp, being smuggled across international borders, living with drug dealers, and imprisoned.

The Sadness of Geography is a moving story of innocence lost, the persecution of an entire people, and the universal quest for a better life.

The Sadness of Geography: My Life as a Tamil Exile

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    Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd
    Publication Date: 12/09/2019
    ISBN13: 9781459745025, 978-1459745025
    ISBN10: 1459745027

    Number of Pages: 232

    Non Fiction , Biography

    Description

    The harrowing journey of a teenage refugee who never gave up on his dream of seeing his family again.

    Born to a wealthy family in northern Sri Lanka, Logathasan Tharmathurai and his family lost everything during the long and brutal Sri Lankan Civil War.

    In January 1985, at the age of eighteen, he left his home in a desperate bid to build a new life for himself and his family abroad after a deeply traumatic encounter with a group of Sinhalese soldiers. As his terrifying and often astonishing journey unfolds, he finds himself in a refugee camp, being smuggled across international borders, living with drug dealers, and imprisoned.

    The Sadness of Geography is a moving story of innocence lost, the persecution of an entire people, and the universal quest for a better life.

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