Ezma never imagined she'd flee her homeland with only the clothes on her back and three children in tow. With her husband, ‎Avzer, already in France and war devouring Syria inch by inch, she clings to the only thing left - hope. Forced to live with ‎distant relatives, endure the bombs, the fear and the screams - each day heavier than the last. Crossing borders illegally into ‎Turkey, Ezma does whatever she must to survive: housekeeping, factory shifts, kitchen work, scraping together enough to feed ‎her children and move forward. But at every turn, she loses a part of herself. A child. Her safety. Her dignity.‎
And yet, she walks on.‎
Unregistered Lives by Ayhan Gorgulu is a haunting journey of a mother's endurance through war, exploitation and ‎unimaginable grief.‎
But did Ezma ever reach Avzer? Or did her dream dissolve somewhere between the mountains and the sea?‎