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By Jennifer · 9 posts · 79 views
By Jennifer · 9 posts · 79 views
last updated Oct 04, 2019 01:45PM
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Okay I was not emotionally prepared for this book.
This story was heartbreaking all the way through. The pain, strength, hope, misery and everything in between bled through the pages.
As a social studies teacher I’ve talked a lot about the refugee crisis with my students over the years but nothing was as eye opening to the horrors of the Middle East and those fleeing for salvation in Europe than this story has been.
This book is a work of fiction which follows a beekeeper fleeing Aleppo with his b ...more
This story was heartbreaking all the way through. The pain, strength, hope, misery and everything in between bled through the pages.
As a social studies teacher I’ve talked a lot about the refugee crisis with my students over the years but nothing was as eye opening to the horrors of the Middle East and those fleeing for salvation in Europe than this story has been.
This book is a work of fiction which follows a beekeeper fleeing Aleppo with his b ...more
“Where there are bees there are flowers, and wherever there are flowers there is new life and hope.”
Christy Lefteri’s The Beekeeper of Aleppo is one of those rare books where the story is so engrossing and heart-wrenching, you’ll keep reading just so you can know how it ends.
The Beekeeper of Aleppo grabbed me instantly, and right away I felt a need to read quickly because I needed to try to understand what Nuri and Afra had been through, and if they were going to be okay.
When Aleppo become ...more
Christy Lefteri’s The Beekeeper of Aleppo is one of those rare books where the story is so engrossing and heart-wrenching, you’ll keep reading just so you can know how it ends.
The Beekeeper of Aleppo grabbed me instantly, and right away I felt a need to read quickly because I needed to try to understand what Nuri and Afra had been through, and if they were going to be okay.
When Aleppo become ...more
This is a story of the plight of refugees that people rarely want to acknowledge, the heartbreaking tale of a family's desperate flight from the violence in Syria. The story alternates between their current residence in a B&B on the south coast of England, where they are awaiting a decision from the Home Office on whether or not they will be allowed to claim asylum, and the husband's memories from before the war and their journey to the UK, during which time the European borders got locked down
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