My Fourth Time, We Drowned

Praise for My Fourth Time, We Drowned:

‘Journalism of the most urgent kind’ Financial Times

‘The triumph of the book is to inject a renewed urgency and moral clarity into a story most people think they are familiar with’ The Times

‘[A] devastating, moving and damning account of one of the tragedies of our age … Hayden never flinches in documenting human nature at its worst – its best is shown here, too’ Irish Independent

‘The most important work of contemporary reporting I have ever read … I hope that Sally Hayden’s work can help to begin a radically new and overdue discussion about Europe’s approach to migration and borders’ Sally Rooney, author of Intermezzo

‘Brilliant, hugely important reportage on the ongoing situation many of us try to tune out’ Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups

‘What a devastating book about the catastrophic inhumanity of European migration policy. It’s a journalistic masterpiece. Shattering stories. It absolutely demands to be read … Essential’ Max Porter, author of Shy

‘Extremely good’ Mark O’Connell, author of Notes from an Apocalypse

‘Compassionate, brave, enraging, beautifully written and incredibly well researched. Hayden exposes the truth’ Oliver Bullough, author of Everybody Loves Our Dollars

‘One of the most important testaments of this awful time in life’s history. It is both heartbreaking and stoic’ Edna O’Brien, author of The Little Red Chairs

‘This vivid chronicle … may make you cry, but it should make you angry … A blistering rebuke’ Lindsey Hilsum, author of I Brought the War with Me

‘A veritable masterclass in journalism … The most riveting, detailed and damning account ever written on the deadliest of migration routes’ Christina Lamb, author of Our Bodies Their Battlefields

‘Heart-stopping … A vital book for anyone who wants to feel what it means to be human in the 21st century’ Fintan O’Toole, author of We Don’t Know Ourselves

Sally Hayden is an award-winning journalist and photographer currently focused on migration, conflict and humanitarian crises. She has worked with VICE, VICE News, CNN International, the Financial Times, TIME, BBC, the Washington Post, the Irish Times, the Guardian, the New York Times, Magnum Photos, Channel 4 News, Foreign Policy, Al Jazeera, NBC News, the Sunday Times, Newsweek, RTE, ELLE, Marie Claire, ZEIT Online, the Independent, the Telegraph, Deutsche Welle, the New Statesman, the New Internationalist, the National, the Huffington Post and ITV News. HEFAT certified, Sally has reported from countries including Nigeria, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, France, Germany, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Ireland, Lebanon, Jordan, DR Congo, Panama, Cambodia, the Gambia, Liberia, Hungary, Luxembourg, Rwanda, Malawi, Ethiopia, Madagascar, the US, Italy, Kenya and Uganda. Her writing has been translated into nine languages and she has appeared as a guest on national and international media.

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