01971cam a2200349 i 4500 495153593 TxAuBib 20210101120000.0 200625s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780593128176 0593128176 (OCoLC)1159931253 BIB eng rda BIB YDX BDX OCLCF ZAQ BLC TxAuBib rda Lefteri, Christy, 1980- The beekeeper of Aleppo : a novel / Christy Lefteri. Ballantine Books Trade Paperback Edition. New York, NY : Ballantine Books, 2020. ©2020. 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes book club guide and author's photographs. "Every morning, Nuri the beekeeper rises early to hear the call to prayer before driving to his hives in the countryside. On weekends, his wife Afra, a gifted artist, sells her paintings at the open-air market in the square. They live simply, rich in family and friends, in the hills of the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo -- until the unthinkable happens. When all they love is destroyed by war, Nuri knows they have no choice except to leave their home. But escaping Syria will be no easy task: Afra has lost her sight, leaving Nuri to navigate her grief as well as a perilous journey toward in uncertain future in Britain. Moving, intimate, and beautifully written, this is a story for our times: It reminds us that our lives can be upended instantly -- and brings a journey in faraway lands close to home, never to be forgotten." -- Back cover. 20210101. Beekeepers Fiction. Refugees Syria Fiction. Syria History Civil War, 2011- Fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. History.