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A Stone is Most Precious Where It Belongs: A Memoir of Uyghur Loss, Exile and Hope
Gulchehra Hoja
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- Paperback Jun 11, 2024 | 9780349015989 | RRP $26.99 Pre-Order
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- Paperback Jun 11, 2024 | 9780349015989 | RRP $26.99 Pre-Order
- Trade Paperback Feb 28, 2023 | 9780349015965 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 16, 2023 | 9780349015958 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 21, 2023 | 9780349015972 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Feb 21, 2023 | 9781405552455 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Jun 11, 2024 | 9780349015989 | RRP $26.99 Pre-Order
- Trade Paperback Feb 28, 2023 | 9780349015965 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 16, 2023 | 9780349015958 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 21, 2023 | 9780349015972 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Feb 21, 2023 | 9781405552455 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Jun 11, 2024 | 9780349015989 | RRP $26.99 Pre-Order
- Trade Paperback Feb 28, 2023 | 9780349015965 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 16, 2023 | 9780349015958 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 21, 2023 | 9780349015972 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Feb 21, 2023 | 9781405552455 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
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A powerful and urgent memoir by Uyghur activist Gulchehra Hoja: the first major book to describe the fate of the Uyghur people
A powerful and urgent memoir of loss, exile and hope by Uyghur activist Gulchehra Hoja
'This gripping memoir conveys the courage and cost of telling a truer story' Guardian Book of the Day
'Revelatory ... The particulars of her story speak for the losses of a people' Sunday Telegraph
'Essential reading' Financial Times
In February 2018, twenty-four members of Uyghur journalist Gulchehra Hoja's family were arrested by the Chinese state as a direct retaliation for her investigations into Chinese oppression of the Uyghur people.
Hoja grew up with her people's culture and history running through her veins. As a young woman, she became a star presenter on Chinese state television, but then she began to understand what China was doing to her people, as well as her own complicity as a journalist. When her rising fame and growing political awakening coincided, she made it her mission, despite the personal cost, to expose the crimes Beijing continues to commit in the far reaches of its nation.
'A memoir of an extraordinary life, which takes in the past 50 years of Xinjiang's history. This story is normally told with statistics, but she illuminates it with the all-important details' The Times
'A deeply moving page turner' Michael Portillo
'Pulses with energy and beauty, making us care about what is being erased at mass scale by telling a deeply personal tale' Sunday Telegraph
'A textured story of how Uyghurs tried to survive and subvert Chinese cruelty' The Economist
Praise for A Stone is Most Precious Where It Belongs: A Memoir of Uyghur Loss, Exile and Hope
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This revelatory memoir pulses with energy and beauty, making us care about what is being erased at mass scale by telling a deeply personal tale ... Her account is not just timely but timeless ... Hoja is a brave woman. The particulars of her story speak for the losses of a people - Sunday Telegraph
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A deeply moving page turner - Michael Portillo
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A memoir of an extraordinary life, which takes in the past 50 years of Xinjiang's history. A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs makes this fascinating history more accessible than ever before. This story is normally told with statistics, but she illuminates it with the all-important details: the tall poplar trees in rural villages; the fuzzy family TV set; the bright green fields stretching out beyond the city where she grew up - The Times
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This gripping memoir conveys the courage and cost of telling a truer story - Rachel Aspden, Guardian Book of the Day
Gulchehra Hoja
Gulchehra Hoja is a Uyghur journalist based in Washington, DC and one of the world's most prominent voices fighting what the US government in January 2021 officially proclaimed the 'genocide and crimes against humanity' against the Uyghurs. Her reporting on the situation in Xinjiang - which led to the incarceration of her entire extended family - has been widely recognized in the US and Europe, and has led to honours such as the 2019 Magnitsky Human Rights Award; the Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation in 2020; her recognition as one of the '500 most influential Muslims' in the world every year since 2016; and platforms at Tina Brown's Women in the World summit and the Oslo Freedom Forum. She has been profiled for the Washington Post and Financial Times, among many other publications. Working closely with larger publications such as the New York Times and Guardian, as well as directly with the State Department, she has also been central to bringing to light both the stories of escapees from East Turkestan's concentration camps, and exposing China's use of Uyghurs for forced labour in their cotton and wig-making industries.
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