{"product_id":"shining-the-story-of-a-lucky-man-9780732299842","title":"Shining: The Story of a Lucky Man","description":"A remarkably warm-hearted, uplifting and inspiring story of one boy's survival against the odds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbdi's world fell apart when he was only fifteen and Somalia's vicious civil war hit Mogadishu. Unable to find his family and effectively an orphan, he fled with some sixty others, heading to Kenya. On the way, death squads hunted them and they daily faced violence, danger and starvation. After almost four months, they arrived in at refugee camps in Kenya - of the group he'd set out with, only five had survived. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll alone in the world and desperate to find his family, Abdi couldn't stay in Kenya, so he turned around and undertook the dangerous journey \u003cem\u003eback\u003c\/em\u003e to Mogadishu. But the search was fruitless, and eventually Abdi made his way - alone, with no money in his pockets - to Romania, then to Germany, completely dependent on the kindess of strangers. He was just seventeen years old when he arrived in Melbourne. He had no English, no family or friends, no money, no home. Yet, against the odds, he not only survived, he thrived. Abdi went on to complete secondary education and later university. He became a youth worker, was acknowledged with the 2007 Victorian Refugee Recognition Award and was featured in the SBS second series of \u003cem\u003eGo Back to Where You Came From\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite what he has gone through, Abdi is a most inspiring man, who is constantly thankful for his life and what he has. Everything he has endured and achieved is testament to his quiet strength and courage, his resilience and most of all, his warm-hearted, shining and enduring optimism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Powerful and uplifting' \u003cem\u003eBookseller + Publisher\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Aden's odyssey belongs to our time ... Here is a man who counts his blessings and has an inspiring story to tell.' \u003cem\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Hillman, Abdi Aden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins Au\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780732299842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHillman, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Robert Hillman is a Melbourne-based writer of fiction and biography. His autobiography THE BOY IN THE GREEN SUIT won the Australian National Biography Award for 2005. His critically acclaimed MY LIFE AS A TRAITOR (written with Zarha Ghahramani) was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction in 2008 and was published widely overseas.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAden, Abdi:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbdi Aden was a teenager when he arrived in Melbourne as a refugee to begin a new life. Until recently he was a Youth Worker for Hume City Council in Melbourne and he recently completed postgraduate studies in adolescent mental health. He is married to the daughter of British immigrants and has three young sons. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Au","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43217625022579,"sku":"9.78073E+12","price":34.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_531c48d5-22c7-42bf-83f6-c567eff463ea.jpg?v=1753445935","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/shining-the-story-of-a-lucky-man-9780732299842","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}