Join The Reading List and Jonathan Ball Publishers for the virtual book launch of Christy Lefteri’s bestselling novel, The Beekeeper of Aleppo.

The author will be in conversation with Efemia Chela.

Brought up in London, United Kingdom, Lefteri is the child of Cypriot refugees. She is a lecturer in creative writing at Brunel University in London. The Beekeeper of Aleppo was born out of her time working as a volunteer at a Unicef supported refugee centre in Athens.

The Beekeeper of Aleppo virtual book launch event details

Date: Tuesday 14 April 2020
Time: 18:00

The event will be streamed LIVE on The Reading List’s Facebook page.

See you then!

About the book

Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live happily in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo – until the unthinkable happens and they are forced to flee. 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.

As Nuri and Afra travel through a broken world, they must confront not only the pain of their own unspeakable loss, but dangers that would overwhelm the bravest of souls. Above all – and perhaps this is the hardest thing they face – they must journey to find each other again.

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