Morning Sea by Margaret Mazzantini in Hardcover

As Gaddafi retains control of Libya, Farid and his mother Jamila take the risk of crossing the treacherous sea to Sicily. But as they shelter in a smuggler's old boat, the vastness of the Mediterranean becomes clear. In Sicily, Vito wanders the desolate beaches, recalling his mother's tales of her idyllic upbringing in Libya. She still remembers - and resents - the forces that separated her from her childhood love, a young Arab boy whose fate differed greatly from her own. Shifting between continents, this poignant depiction centers on two families and one body of water, capturing the uncertain nature of our world with direct, lyrical prose.