2023 CHRISTOPHER AWARD

FIRST PRIZE, 2024 RELIGION NEWS ASSOCIATION’S EXCELLENCE IN REPORTING AWARD, NONFICTION

Readers won't soon forget the compelling stories of these brave individuals, revealed so poignantly by Saldaña's beautiful writing." --Booklist, starred review

Meet Hana, who sews the story of her city into a dress. Ferhad, who saves his community through his songs. Munir, who holds onto his goodness amongst the horrors of a camp in Greece. Adnan and Ghadir, who rescue their pharmacy in Aleppo. Qassem, who helps to save his family on Mt. Sinjar.

These are the hidden historians of war, who carry the past into the future, so that it will be remembered.

PRAISE FOR WHAT WE REMEMBER WILL BE SAVED:

“Stephanie Saldaña long ago proved herself a poetic and perceptive essayist.  In this book, she also proves herself a courageous one. Following refugees into the darkest and most dangerous spaces of recent history, she documents journeys that are about much more than bare survival, at once wrenching and radiant.”

-Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Horse.

Stephanie Saldaña writes, "I found myself among the listeners" and surely she is one of the greatest listeners and writers among us. This compassionate, fiercely humane collection of stories is exquisitely composed, an act of deepest grace.

Naomi Shihab Nye, Young People's Poet Laureate Emeritus of the United States (Poetry Foundation)