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Book review: The Better Sister and The Beekeeper of Aleppo

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Publish Date
Sat, 25 May 2019, 12:38PM

Book review: The Better Sister and The Beekeeper of Aleppo

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sat, 25 May 2019, 12:38PM

This week, Catherine Raynes reviews two new exciting books for you to read. 

The Better Sister

From Alafair Burke—New York Times bestselling author of the runaway hit, The Wife—comes another twisty tale of domestic noir. When a prominent Manhattan lawyer is murdered, two estranged sisters—one the dead man’s widow, the other his ex—must set aside mistrust and old resentments . . . but can they escape their past?

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo - until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to escape. But what Afra has seen is so terrible she has gone blind, and so they must embark on a perilous journey through Turkey and Greece towards an uncertain future in Britain. On the way, Nuri is sustained by the knowledge that waiting for them is Mustafa, his cousin and business partner, who has started an apiary and is teaching fellow refugees in Yorkshire to keep bees. 

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