Aunt of drowned Syrian child Alan Kurdi to release memoir ‘The Boy on the Beach’

TORONTO — The aunt of a drowned Syrian toddler who became a haunting symbol of the country’s refugee crisis will be sharing her story in a forthcoming book.

Tima Kurdi’s memoir “The Boy on the Beach: A Syrian Family’s Story of Love, Loss, and Hope During the Global Refugee Crisis” will be published by Simon & Schuster Canada in the spring of 2018.

The heartbreaking photo of young Alan Kurdi’s lifeless body lying face down on a Turkish beach received worldwide attention in September 2015 and generated outrage over the plight of refugees fleeing war-ravaged Syria.

Tima Kurdi, who is based in Coquitlam, B.C., was thrust into the media spotlight and became a public face of the family’s shock and grief.