num_pages: 252
description: As twelve-year-old Dhurgham As-Samarra’i waits at the mosque where his family was supposed to meet if separated during their attempt to flee Baghdad, he realizes that no one else is coming to meet him. Following Dhurgham, as he builds a new life for himself with no homeland, family, or hope for the future, this searing and honest novel about separation, journey, and justice probes, questions, illuminates, and humanizes important moral and social issues.
language: English
title: The Marsh Birds
titlecomplete: The Marsh Birds
genres: Fiction, Australia, War
ratings_count: 53
places: Iraq, Baghdad
publisher: Allen & Unwin