The Lucky Ones: Stories of Australian refugee journeys

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The Lucky Ones is a moving and meticulously researched book of refugee stories from award-winning journalist and former foreign correspondent, Melinda Ham. Featuring people from different generations, countries and backgrounds, these families all share one thing in common - escaping persecution in their home country to find safety in Australia.

Reconstructing these profound stories of love and loss, despair and hope, betrayal and loyalty, resilience and generosity, The Lucky Ones chronicles the journeys of refugees who arrived over a 70-year-period, establishing new lives, while still facing many hardships. .
More than 35 million refugees around the world are currently waiting to be resettled. As authoritarianism and climate change threatens to displace ever greater numbers of people, the stories in this book put a human face to the crisis.
In their own words, the people in this book are some of 'the lucky ones' who survived terror, detention, beatings and torture to discover a country that offered them a new beginning.

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Melinda Ham has been a journalist for more than twenty-five years. She started her career in southern Africa as a correspondent for six years for the Associated Press and for London's Daily Telegraph, The Economist and other international publications. She's also lived and worked in India and Singapore.In Australia, she wrote for The Sydney Morning Herald and the Sun Herald for more than twelve years, including stints as a sub-editor on the foreign desk and as commissioning editor for Special Reports. She wrote on a diverse range of subjects, including education, environment, health, lifestyle, health and culture. She's been editor of Explore, the Australian Museum's twice-yearly magazine. She's also produced dozens of publications through her media company, Narrate Media, for charities, universities and companies.