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ESCAPE FROM MANUS PRISON
Stunning. This book should be on every reading list in the country. Stateless, without papers and too often without a drop of water to drink, Jaivet Ealom escapes Myanmar and the Rohingya genocide that continues to destroy his people. From Jakarta to Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, in sinking boats and cargo planes, he lives by his wit. In this world, babies drop to the bottom of the ocean and men are caged, beaten, numbered. A chance reading of Viktor Frankls Mans Search for Meaning restores his soul enough to get him, still undocumented, to Toronto. Ealom writes, The choice of how I responded, or who I wished to be, was still my own to make. We share Ealoms world, and this choice is ours too. Read this book. Know who you wish to be. Kim Echlin, award-winning author ofSpeak, Silence
An inspiring, eye-opening, harrowing, heartbreaking and triumphant journey that is testament to the resilience of the human spirit. The raw and vulnerable storytelling will touch you to your core and keep you spellbound till the last page. This book will restore your faith in the power of humanity that makes Canada the True North Strong and Free! Samra Zafar, bestselling author ofA Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose
This incredible, heart-stopping escape story is about shameful truths and spiritual authenticity; its about government sanctioned torture and its about redemption. Thank God Jaivet Ealom recorded his saga. From the merciless tactics of a government to the lyrical writing of a man who finds goodness in the face of evil, this book astonishes because it exposes the secret deals countries make to deny justice, and it takes you into the heart of a decent man. I couldnt put it down and was almost breathless when I read the last page. My only unanswered question: Who will play Jaivet in the movie? Sally Armstrong, bestselling author ofPower Shift: The Longest Revolution
Jaivets memoir has all the taut propulsion of a thriller, yet devastatingly, this is a story all too real. Escape from Manus Prison offers a first-hand account of the brutal treatment of refugees at every turn, from exploitative smugglers to the xenophobic policies of foreign governments. Camilla Gibb, bestselling author ofSweetness in the BellyandThe Relatives
Art, culture and writing: these are gifts and they are weapons. Im proud of Jaivet for speaking outfor history, and for all of those whom history would silence. Behrouz Boochani, award-winning author ofNo Friend But the Mountains
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley, Invictus
VIKING
an imprint of Penguin Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited
Canada USA UK Ireland Australia New Zealand India South Africa China
First published in Australia in 2021 as Escape From Manus by Viking, part of the Penguin Random House group of companies Published in Viking paperback by Penguin Canada, 2022
Copyright 2021 by Jaivet Ealom
Epilogue 2022 by Jaivet Ealom
All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.
Some of the names of people in this book have been changed to protect their privacy.
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LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION
Title: Escape from Manus Prison : one mans daring quest for freedom / Jaivet Ealom.
Names: Ealom, Jaivet, author.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20210394757 | Canadiana (ebook) 20220132097 | ISBN 9780735245198 (softcover) | ISBN 9780735245204 (EPUB)
Subjects: LCSH: Ealom, Jaivet. | LCSH: Rohingya (Burmese people)Biography. | LCSH: Rohingya (Burmese people)Social conditions. | LCSH: RefugeesBurmaBiography. | LCSH: RefugeesCanadaBiography. | LCSH: Escaped prisonersAustraliaBiography. | LCSH: EscapesAustralia. | LCGFT: Autobiographies. Classification: LCC HV640.5.B93 E25 2022 | DDC 305.89140591092dc23
Map of Jaivets journey by James Rendall
All photos courtesy of the author unless otherwise stated.
Cover design by Talia Abramson
Cover images: (portrait of the author) Cole Burston; (stormy ocean) HadelProductions / Getty Images
Co-writer Craig Henderson
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Im going to die tonight. Im going to die tonight.
I was sad to realise Id never feel the sun again. Most likely none of us would. It was past midnight and Id had time to think things through. I accepted the finality. I was at peace.
Crouched around me in the darkness were a hundred men, women and children. The wind howled, and the air grew louder with the cries of desperate souls. Like me, they could see the world ending. Young families prayed together, united in their terror and grief. A mother clutched a baby close to her chest, looking at her child for perhaps the last time. A silent farewell.
Next to her, a group of men fathers, sons, survivors tried to project strength and calm. Others wept loud and long. They had made it this far, only to die on the relentless waves. Lost to history, soon to be forgotten. Their stories would never be written.
For all the desperation and pleas for help from God, it had fallen strangely quiet inside my head. Id somehow managed to turn down the noise and switched off the lights, so I could have a final, frank conversation with my soul.
Have I been a good person? What is the measure of goodness?
Staring straight at death made me look at my life. Twenty-one years on earth, and what had I done with them? Were my days just a waste of effort, or had I been a contributing member of the human race? Did I use my time here wisely? Had I made any difference at all?
I lifted my eyes to search for comfort in the permanence of the stars, but heavy clouds had muted the sky. The only light came from the wavering glow of a kerosene lamp and the glare of a couple of flashlights from the depths of the boat, where people took turns bailing out the rising water. They were fighting a losing battle. We were far from land on an angry sea and our broken vessel was sinking fast.
It had been three days since wed all scrambled aboard the old fishing hulk off a far-flung beach near Kendari, Indonesia. The crew was supposed to sail us to Darwin, Australia where, according to a rumour that everyone had heard at one time or another, Australians opened their hearts and their country to people like us those on the run from torture, persecution and death. We thought they were good and caring people, so different from the ones we were fleeing from.
The final maritime push in our gruelling odyssey toward salvation had been an almost comical study in human error. The agents wed put our trust in turned out to be sneaky and unreliable. Alarmingly, they appeared to be incompetent as well.
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