A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea (Flatiron) by Melissa Fleming
Agency: CAA
The timing for this late January release is opportune. Fleming, chief spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, tells the true story of a teenage Syrian girl who survived violent revolt, smugglers and a shipwreck to make it to safety.
“To Obama With Love, and Hate, and Desperation” (The New York Times Magazine) by Jeanne Marie Laskas
Agency: CAA
This inside look at how President Obama’s White House staff sifted through 10,000 letters a day over eight years provides an unfiltered glimpse at the nation’s dreams, struggles and hopes.
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