'The Boy on the Beach': Aunt of drowned Syrian child Alan Kurdi to release memoir

The aunt of a drowned Syrian toddler who became ahaunting symbol of the country's refugee crisis will be sharing herstory in a forthcoming book.

Tima Kurdi's memoir The Boy on the Beach: A Syrian Family'sStory of Love, Loss, and Hope During the Global Refugee Crisiswill be published by Simon & Schuster Canada in the spring of 2018.

The heartbreaking photo of young Alan Kurdi's lifeless body lyingface down on a Turkish beach received worldwide attention inSeptember 2015 and generated outrage over the plight of refugeesfleeing war-ravaged Syria.

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

She later sponsored Alan Kurdi's uncle and her brother, Mohammed,and his family, who arrived in B.C. last year.

The Boy on the Beachwill chronicle her own journey fromSyria to Canada, and speak to her family's search for safety duringa time of war.