Blogs in April 2020

A Caravan of Brides 10th April 2020

Named to Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2018 – “A mesmerizing Middle Eastern tale to be savored from beginning to end.” – Kirkus Reviews, starred review. Fawzia returns home to Jeddah in 1978, after attending college in Lebanon, and...

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The Bloody City 10th April 2020

1217: Lincoln is not a safe place to be. A French army has captured the city, and the terrified citizens huddle in the rubble of their homes as the castle, the last remaining loyal stronghold in the region, is...

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A Love Story 10th April 2020

Through a sequence of dreams, flashbacks and conversations, Yacoub Iryan, a dying novelist, reflects upon his life, his achievements and his passionate, yet fleeting love affair with a married woman. Lying in his hospital bed, Iryan’s conversations with his...

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The Vanishing Witch 10th April 2020

Lincoln, 1380. A raven-haired widow is newly arrived in John of Gaunt’s city, with her two unnaturally beautiful children in tow. The widow Catlin seems kind, helping wool merchant Robert of Bassingham care for his ill wife. Surely it...

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Variations on Night and Day 10th April 2020

Jordanian-born attorney Munif, former editor of the Baghdad-based monthly Oil and Development , brings his epic Cities of Salt trilogy full circle in its closing volume. Cities of Salt and The Trench , set in the Sultanate of Mooran...

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