The refugee experience and the problem of providing refuge. Review of ‘A Feather on the Water: A Novel’ by Lindsay Jayne Ashford
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The refugee experience and the problem of providing refuge. Review of ‘A Feather on the Water: A Novel’ by Lindsay Jayne Ashford

As the child of World War 2 refugees who settled in the United Kingdom, I absorbed some information about their experiences from my parents who were both from Latvia. Terminology such as refugee, displaced person and DP camp was encountered (but not necessarily understood) at a younger age than I imagine for most children born…