A review by ghosthermione
My Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally Hayden

It doesn't feel right to give a star rating to this book. What I will say however is that it should be mandatory reading, somehow, somewhere. It's crushing but full of testimonies about the refugee crisis that we - Europeans -have to hear. I knew some of it but could not fathom the extent. And the complacency of the EU and UN is proven over and over again. I tried recommending it to my colleagues but was surprised to find it hasn't been translated into French (yet). Or perhaps not that surprised...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Deportation, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Death, War, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Religious bigotry

In addition to the triggers above, please note the book repeatedly deals with malnutrition and food deprivation, denial of medical care, human rights abuses, institutional abuses, and sea drownings