Table of Contents

Map of Kenya and Somalia
Map of Dadaab Refugee Camps, Kenya 
   Zafanana Bus Stops: August 16, 2008
 
INTRODUCTION: BECOMING UNIVERSAL
 
PART ONE: LEAVING HOME BEHIND
1. Out of the Sealed, Dark Room
2. A List of Heartbreaking Events
 
PART TWO: WELCOME TO CANADA
3. A Citizen of No Country
4. One Day I’m Going to Be Normal
 
PART THREE: A LONG WINTER OF ADJUSTMENT
5. Where the Heart Is
6. Girls Are Not Equal
 
PART FOUR: WHAT LIES AHEAD
7. So Scared of the Transition
8. Things You Can Never Forget
9. It Never Feels Like Home
 
PART FIVE: A YEAR OF FREEDOM
10. I Can Do Whatever I Want To
11. A Sense of Belonging
12. Almost Used to Life Here
 
Acknowledgements
How You Can Help
Notes and Sources
Index

About the Author

Debi Goodwin is a documentary producer and a former CBC journalist. While at The National Debi produced documentaries from Latin America, Africa, China and Asia. The documentary "The Lucky Ones," which inspired this book, won the RTNDA's Adrienne Clarkson Award for best network program in 2008. Her work has also received a Gemini nomination and a Chris Award from the Columbus Film Festival.

Reviews

"Goodwin's account is one of the best I have ever read of the lonely, one-way journey that refugees of the world must endure to capture a part of the better future we take for granted. . . . It is both humbling and uplifting, and not to be
missed."
--Brian Stewart, former senior correspondent with The National