Map of Future Ruins

I picked this one up after reading a brief, and it turns out somewhat misleading, review. I expected a book in which the author weaves together the story of her family’s migration from Greece a century in the past and the story of the migrant camp Moria. It is, in part, both of those things. But it is in large part also the author’s musings on global migration and immigration, borders, story telling, home and more. Many of Markham’s ideas and anecdotes are worthwhile, a few self-indulgent. Unfortunately, by inserting herself so fully into the book, Markham gives the story of Moria and those who lived there less attention than they deserve. Still, she tells stories worth telling and this is a book worth reading.