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Molyvos chronicles the work of Melinda McRostie and a few friends in Molyvos—on the north coast of the Greek island of Lesvos—as well as Eric and Philippa Kempton at Eftalou as they carried out the only refugee relief effort on the north coast between 2014 and 2015.
List of contents
List of Illustrations
Prologue: Introduction to the Story of Molyvos
1. Inescapable Memories and an Uncertain Future: April 2018
2. The Tide of Refugees Began as a Trickle: November 2014
3. In the Harbor and on the Beach: Midwinter 2015
4. The Refugees: Their Origins and Their Perilous Journeys to Molyvos
5. The Kempsons Are Still Alone on the Beach: Spring and Summer 2015
6. Enduring the Screams of Desperation: The Coast Guard at Sea and Melinda in the Harbor
7. The Situation in the Harbor Worsens: May 2015
8. Locals and Tourists: How They Felt about the Refugees and What They Did . . . at First
9. The Situation in Molyvos Goes Out of Control: Summer 2015
10. A Long, Hot Summer: The Death March and the Caravan
11. Skala Sykaminias: The Crisis Spreads
12. The Parking Lot by the School: August and September 2015
13. The Starfish Foundation: September and October 2015
14. Oxy Refugee Transit Camp: October through December 2015
15. The Calamitous Shipwreck: October 28, 2015
16. Blessings and Burdens: Volunteers and the NGOs in Molyvos
17. Cleaning the Beaches and Weathering the Community’s Bitterness: Fall and Winter 2015
18. Oxy Closes: December 2015
Epilogue: Reflections on the Story of Molyvos
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
John Webb is retired director of the Program in Teacher Preparation at Princeton University. He spent fourteen years teaching at Hunter College, where he also developed instructional and institutional practices for schools working with immigrant and refugee populations. He also spent eighteen years in Spring Valley, New York, working with migrants and refugees as a foreign language and ESL instructor and liaison with cultural and social organizations. He is the author of
Teaching Heritage Language Learners: Voices from the Classroom.
