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Title The cave : a secret underground hospital and one woman's story of survival in Syria : a memoir / Amani Ballour, M.D., with Rania Abouzeid.
Author Ballour, Amani, author.
Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2024]
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Description 253 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note Includes book club discussion questions (pages 243-244).
Includes index.
Contents Prologue: A poisned night -- Part One: Growing up. A different life -- The road to medicine -- Revolution -- Turning points -- Part Two: Inside the cave. The street of death -- The siege begins -- Death -- The siege intensifies -- Torture and tunnels -- Part Three: Stepping up. interlude -- Backlash -- Making plans -- Turning 30 -- Part Four: Last stand. The final offensive -- Leave-taking -- Above ground -- Idlib -- Part Five: Exile. Safe harbor -- Refugee -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Book club discussion questions -- Index.
Summary "This searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital in Syria"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Ballour, Amani.
Physicians -- Syria -- Biography.
Women physicians -- Syria -- Biography.
Hospitals -- Syria -- History -- 21st century.
War -- Relief of sick and wounded.
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Personal narratives.
Genre Autobiographies.
Added Author Abouzeid, Rania, author.
ISBN 9781426222740 (hardcover) : $30.00
1426222742 (hardcover)
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