{"description": "Sea Prayer is composed in the form of a letter, from a father to his son, on the eve of their journey. Watching over his sleeping son, the father reflects on the dangerous sea-crossing that lies before them. It is also a vivid portrait of their life in Homs, Syria, before the war, and of that city's swift transformation from a home into a deadly war zone.", "local_id": ["urn:sfpl:31223129958477", "urn:sfpl:31223129958485", "urn:sfpl:31223129958493", "urn:sfpl:31223129958501", "urn:sfpl:31223126522482", "urn:sfpl:31223129958519", "urn:sfpl:31223129958527", "urn:sfpl:31223126522524", "urn:sfpl:31223126522516", "urn:sfpl:31223126522508", "urn:sfpl:31223126522490", "urn:sfpl:31223129958535", "urn:sfpl:31223129958543", "urn:sfpl:31223126522458", "urn:sfpl:31223126522532", "urn:sfpl:31223129958550", "urn:sfpl:31223129958568", "urn:sfpl:31223126522615", "urn:sfpl:31223126522607", "urn:sfpl:31223129958576", "urn:sfpl:31223129958584", "urn:sfpl:31223126522599", "urn:sfpl:31223129958592", "urn:sfpl:31223129958600", "urn:sfpl:31223129958618", "urn:sfpl:31223129958626", "urn:sfpl:31223126522581", "urn:sfpl:31223126522573", "urn:sfpl:31223129958634", "urn:sfpl:31223129958642", "urn:sfpl:31223129958659", "urn:sfpl:31223129958667", "urn:sfpl:31223129958675", "urn:sfpl:31223129958683", "urn:sfpl:31223126522565", "urn:sfpl:31223126522557", "urn:sfpl:31223126522540", "urn:sfpl:31223129958691", "urn:sfpl:31223129958709", "urn:sfpl:31223126522441", "urn:sfpl:31223126522433"], "key": "/books/OL26966384M", "authors": [{"key": "/authors/OL1412764A"}], "subject_times": ["Civil War, 2011-"], "pagination": "1 volume (unpaged)", "source_records": ["marc:marc_openlibraries_sanfranciscopubliclibrary/sfpl_chq_2018_12_24_run06.mrc:178510186:9701", "bwb:9780525539094", "bwb:9780525539100", "marc:marc_nuls/NULS_PHC_180925.mrc:221174754:1662", "ia:seaprayer0000hoss"], "title": "Sea Prayer", "languages": [{"key": "/languages/eng"}], "subject_places": ["Syria"], "subjects": ["Fiction", "Refugees", "Fathers and sons", "History"], "publish_date": "2018", "publish_country": "nyu", "copyright_date": "2018", "by_statement": "Khaled Hosseini ; illustrated by Dan Williams", "works": [{"key": "/works/OL19753342W"}], "type": {"key": "/type/edition"}, "publishers": ["Riverhead Books"], "covers": [14560537], "identifiers": {}, "ocaid": "seaprayer0000hoss", "isbn_10": ["0525539093", "0525539107"], "isbn_13": ["9780525539094", "9780525539100"], "lccn": ["2018022980"], "oclc_numbers": ["1039441769"], "dewey_decimal_class": ["813/.6"], "lc_classifications": ["PS3608.O832 S44 2018", "PS3608.O832S44 2018"], "latest_revision": 8, "revision": 8, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2019-05-24T10:16:32.878602"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-01-08T21:25:40.313072"}}