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Love Across Borders: Passports, Papers, and Romance in a Divided World Hardcover – June 6, 2023

by Anna Lekas Miller (Author)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
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One of The Boston Globe's Best Books of 2023 * "Powerful and unforgettable" —Qian Julie Wang, author of the New York Times bestseller, Beautiful Country

We are told that love conquers all, but what happens when you don’t have the right passport? With deep empathy, rigorous reporting, and the irresistible perspective of a true romantic, journalist Anna Lekas Miller tells the stories of couples around the world who must confront Kafkaesque immigration systems to be together—as she did to be with her partner.
 
Written with suspenseful storytelling worthy of the greatest love stories, Love Across Borders takes readers across contentious frontiers around the world, from Turkey to Iraq, Syria to Greece, Mexico to the United States, to reveal the widespread prejudicial laws intent on dividing people. Lekas Miller tells her own story of meeting and falling deeply in love with Salem Rizk, in Istanbul, where they were both reporting on the Syrian War. But when Turkey started cracking down on refugees, Salem, who is Syrian, wasn’t allowed to stay in the country, nor could he safely return to Syria. He was a man without a country. So Lekas Miller had to decide her next move: she has an American passport, but deep personal ties to the Middle East, and knew it was unfair that Salem couldn’t travel freely the way she could. More important, she loved him.
 
Over the next few years, as they navigated Salem’s asylum claims, the United States’ Muslim ban, and labyrinthine regulations in several different countries, Lekas Miller learned about—and bonded with—other people whose spouses had been deported, who found love in refugee camps, whose differing immigration statuses caused complicated power dynamics and financial hardship or threatened the wellbeing of their children. Here, offering a uniquely diverse, international, and intimate look at the global immigration crisis, she interweaves these rich, complicated love stories with a fascinating look at the history of passports (a surprisingly recent institution), the legacy of colonialism, and the discriminatory laws shaping how people move through the world every day.
 
Ultimately, she builds a powerful, moving case for a borderless society—one where a border patrol agent can’t keep anyone’s love story from its happy ending

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    256 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Algonquin Books
  4. Publication date
    June 6, 2023
  5. Dimensions
    6.35 x 1.2 x 9.3 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1643752332
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1643752334
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“Love Across Borders is a powerful and unforgettable testament to the humanity and love that prevail in spite of borders. This is a book that will make you weep, rage, and fight for the change our world deserves.”―Qian Julie Wang, author of the New York Times bestseller, Beautiful Country

“A welcome counterpoint to headlines of war in the Middle East, Miller tells a love story.”―The Boston Globe, a Best Book of 2023

“Anna Lekas Miller has achieved so much in this beautiful collection of love stories. Each account, including her own, is woven like a delicate tapestry, one that reveals the cruelty of borders and the resilience of the human spirit. With humor and historical context, Lekas Miller shows us that despite the inhumane divisions created by those in power, human beings will always find a way to love one another.”―Erika L. Sánchez, author of the New York Times bestseller, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter and Crying in the Bathroom

“This eye-opening account brings personal stories to the forefront of the international refugee crisis… Sometimes heartwarming, sometimes excruciating, these engrossing accounts are now documented by a woman who speaks for thousands of star-crossed lovers.”―Booklist, *starred review*

“A heartbreaking, beautifully written, and deeply personal exploration of the bloody reality of the border regime, and defiant triumph of love.”―Molly Crabapple, author of Drawing Blood and Brothers of the Gun (with Marwan Hisham)

"A beautiful, heartrending—and heartwarming—tour of the world through the eyes of its migrants that also deepened my understanding of the world of passports and visas, border walls and armed guards in which we all live today. It is a book about love in all its messy, imperfect realities, made all the richer by the author's willingness to be vulnerable about her own love story. And most of all, it is a book designed to change minds and hearts. What are we fighting for, after all, if not a world where love can be truly free? I'm looking forward to much more from this vibrant and necessary writer."―Sarah Jaffe, author of Work Won't Love You Back and Necessary Trouble

“Anyone interested in moving beyond the headlines to see the human face of immigration will find this book about the structural inequalities of cross-border relationships timely, thoughtful, and provocative. Eye-opening reading that ably blends the personal and the universal.”
 ―Kirkus Reviews

"This is an impassioned nonfiction narrative that interweaves the author’s personal and professional lives to relate the hostile environment of a global migration crisis"―Library Journal

“Love Across Borders has the emotional rollercoaster of a romance novel, but all the love stories (and the heartache within) are all too real. An almost guaranteed tearjerker that will leave you more knowledgable—and more frustrated—than when you first picked it up.”
 ―Jezebel

“Michelle Dowd’s youthful voice makes it easy for listeners to be transported… confidence and self-assurance fill her narration as she breaks free from the rigidity and abuse that have controlled her life”―Audiofile Magazine

“What makes Love Across Borders so compelling is how lovingly it is written. It is a book essentially about inequality that nevertheless reads like a romance novel in the best way. The love stories are rendered with such tenderness, with such kind attention to the small details of love — not just for the lover, but for family, for culture and country — that this alone serves to drive home the deeply unjust nature of the borders that separate our world.”―The Markaz Review

“Anna does a fantastic job of weaving together authentically romantic (not maudlin) stories that will pull at your heart and leave you smiling or crying…Very few books that I’ve read recently check the boxes of being original, sophisticated, and well-written. Love Across Borders checks all three.”―Austen Kocher

About the Author

Anna Lekas Miller is a writer and journalist who covers stories of the ways that conflict and migration shape the lives of people around the world. She has reported from Palestine, Lebanon, Turkey, and Iraq, covering the Israeli occupation, the Syrian civil war and exodus to Europe, and the rise and fall of the Islamic State. Since moving to London, she has turned her attention to the rise of the far right in Europe and the United States, investigating immigration systems, white supremacist ideology, and the ways that people are standing up to them. She is most interested in stories of love and healing in an unpredictable and unstable world.

Her journalism and essays have appeared in Vanity Fair, the Intercept, CNN, the New Humanitarian, and Newlines Magazine. She tweets, Instagrams, and TikToks under the handle @annalekasmiller and lives in London with her husband, Salem.
 

 

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Algonquin Books (June 6, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1643752332
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1643752334
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.35 x 1.2 x 9.3 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Anna Lekas Miller is a writer and journalist who covers stories of the ways that conflict and migration shape the lives of people around the world. She has reported from Palestine, Lebanon, Turkey, and Iraq, covering the Israeli occupation, the Syrian civil war and exodus to Europe and the rise and fall of the Islamic State. Since moving to London, she has turned her attention to the rise of the far right in Europe and the United States, investigating immigration systems, white supremacist ideology, and the ways that people are standing up to them. She is most interested in stories of love and healing in an unpredictable and unstable world.

Her journalism and essays have appeared in Vanity Fair, The Intercept, CNN, The New Humanitarian, and Newlines Magazine. She tweets, Instagrams and TikToks under the handle @annalekasmiller and lives in London with her husband, Salem.

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T. Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars A Deeper Look Into How Borders Affect Relationships
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2024
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When I saw the title of this book, I knew I had to purchase it. I'm currently in a relationship with someone whose passport allows him to visit a whopping 27 locales with no visa while mine gets me to 148 countries. I thought this was grossly unfair and it's put a huge challenge on us even being able to meet.

I love that the author provides various stories from around the world and also shares about conditions most of us don't think about like being stateless or not having a country that is safe to go home to.

I wish everyone could read this book to know that overwhelmingly most people are looking for better economic opportunities, safety and to be with their families when they choose to come to a country they do not know. I wish that people could see that love is what brought them here and that we could open our hearts and minds to love them back.

I think this book makes an excellent case on both fronts. Thank you to Anna Lekis Miller for writing it.
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Courtney Brooks
5.0 out of 5 stars Necessary Read
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2023
I absolutely loved this book with all my heart. It is so eloquently written in a way that Anna’s personal love story is woven in around all of these other stories of refuge, asylum, etc. and it was such a beautiful and heart wrenching experience. As a white woman who happens to love a man in the same country as me is such a huge privilege that I truly take for granted, and this book highlights that in a way that we are forced to look at the privileges we have as citizens. I appreciate so much everyone who played a part in this story and I highly suggest this book, particularly to people who have never had to personally experience fear for citizenship, search for asylum, lack of resources due to inability to work in a country or get papers, etc. I think this is a lovely betrayal of love without giving up, and I will always remember this.
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Kelly J. Pramberger
5.0 out of 5 stars Unique Storytelling
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2023
I was immediately drawn to this book because of the title. I'm also half Lebanese, like the author, and I found her journalistic writing very interesting. The topic of love and marriage is always intriguing and is one of my favorite topics. The way Lekas Miller delivers this story is unique, however. All couples face issues with passports and borders, and laws. Heartbreaking.
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Mary Ellen
2.0 out of 5 stars Classless
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2023
Thank you Algonquin Books for allowing me to review Love Across Borders on NetGalley.

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Stars: 2

Entitled. Over 256 pages the author complains and whines about situations she placed herself in. These were long pages. Is it as easy to fall in love with a rich man as a poor? Following the author's thought-processes there would be no poor. Cash, property, stocks, bonds -- all assets should be handed over. A person's education, mental and physical abilities, o ethic would not be a factor.

Miller wants the reader (argh me) to agree that love has no borders. People should love one another making all laws, borders, cultural, and population details not relevant either before or after finding their partner or having a child or two out of their birth country.

Basically, the author met a man who was not a U.S citizen. She wanted him to enter the U.S. because she loved him. There were a multitude of laws and requirements necessary for consideration. She found those taxing. I did find solace in that I wasn't anywhere near her when Trump's ban of Muslims was brought to her attention.

The book plays off heartbreaking challenges of human beings placed in the world by chance. She uses statistics one way, her way.

Overall, she mocked the lives of people running and seeking a life free of cruelty.
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