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GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of The Girls From Alexandria
2nd May 2021
We are delighted to be able to offer you the chance to win a copy of this fabulous novel! The Girls From Alexandria by Carol Cooper
Memories are fragile when you are seventy years old. I can’t afford to lose any more of them, not when remembering the past might help with the here and now.
Nadia needs help. Help getting out of her hospital bed. Help taking her pills. One thing she doesn’t need help with is remembering her sister. But she does need help finding her.
Alone and abandoned in a London hospital, 70-year-old Nadia is facing the rest of her life spent in a care home unless she can contact her sister Simone… who’s been missing for 50 years.
Despite being told she’s ‘confused’ and not quite understanding how wi-fi works, Nadia is determined to find Simone. So with only cryptic postcards and her own jumbled memories to go on, Nadia must race against her own fading faculties and find her sister before she herself is forgotten.
Set against the lush and glamorous backdrop of 20th century Alexandria, Carol Cooper’s third novel is equal parts contemporary mystery and historical fiction: a re-coming of age story about family, identity, and homeland.
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Then tell us in the COMMENTS below what you would like to see in Egypt. Would it be the fabulous coastline, the pyramids, the bazaars? Or might you like to try the food? Do this by midnight 15th May 2021 and the 3 winners will be chosen at random. UK ONLY.
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The winners are:
Michelle Turner
mother clanger
EllieL
Had a wonderful trip there once but it was just after the revolution so I wasn’t able to visit central Cairo. Would love to see it.
I’d just have to see the pyramids, then snorkeling in the Red Sea.
I would love to see parts of the Nile – perhaps on a cruise like the Agatha Christie Novels
I’d like to see the pyramids.
I’d love to see the pyramids too!
I would love to be on the terrace at the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan looking out at the Nile and pretending to be in an Agatha Christie novel
I’ve always wanted to see the Pyramids
the pyramids
I’d love to see the pyramids.
I have been to Egypt but never made it to the pyramids so I’d love to see them
The famous bridge with all the traders on (not sure I know it’s name)
I would want to visit Valley of the Kings , amazing sights in such beautiful scenery .
I’d love to take a cruise down the Nile, visit Karnak and Luxor.
Love to see the pyramids
I would love to see the Pyramids and the River Nile
I’ve always wanted to see the Valley of the Kings and the Aswan Dam.
I’d love to visit the Valley of the kings and also the site of Alexandria lighthouse.
I’d like to see the sunrise over the desert. The colours emerging, the heat building and the sounds of Egypt rising from the sands.
I’d love to visit the coast as I have already seen the pyramids and the sphinx.
I’d really love to cruise the Nile
I would like to go to the Red Sea and visit some of the historic places along there, The Monestry of St. Pauls, The Monestry St. Anothony, Giftan Islands, Berenice Harbour, Ottoman Fortress and Mons Claudiansus/
I’d love a Nile cruise to see the crocodiles!
I would like to see the Aswan Dam from the river Nile and of course, The Pyramids as we sail past.
I would love to visit the pyramids, my mind can’t process how stuff that old is still standing! Most of all though, I’d like the chance to practice the Arabic I’ve been learning since the first lockdown.
I would love to see the pyramids and the Valley of the Kings!
i would like to revisit Cairo, such contrasts: pyramids, sphinx, Muhammad Ali Mosque and then you have virtually every roof unfinished (it’s apparently to save on tax – but looks awful) and the dead cow upside down in a ditch people were drinking from!
Would like to explore every nook and cranny and ingest all of the countries culture 🙂
I would love to visit Luxor, cruise along the Nile and look around the bazaars.
I’d love to revisit Alexandria and the library.
Egypt has always fascinated me – I would love to see the Valley of the Kings one day.
I would love to see the pyramids. I actually went on a cruise once to Egypt but I was so sick I didn’t leave the boat so saw nothing!
Would just like a nice hotel and good weather near a beach – some respite after the last year!
I would love to see the pyramids
the pyramids
Most definitely the Pyramids, Sphinx and Cairo
The river nile and the great pyramids – such a unique place
I would love to do a Nile cruise. A friend went on one- booked by his wife- and he was dreading. Came back and said it was the best holiday he’s ever had. Egypt is special to me, it’s where my parents met and fell in love.
l would so love to see the pyramids and wonder at the technology they used to construct them
I would love to wander round the bazaars.
The Sphinx
I’d love to both experience the bazaars and also the banks of the River Nile from a slow moving boat so I could just observe the many sights
I’d love to both experience the bazaars and also the River Nile from a slow moving boat so I could just observe the sights
I would love to see the Pyramids 🙂
Valley of the Kings, the citadel of Qaitbay, and the Pyramids in Giza
I have seen the Pyramids and the city of Cairo but my regret is I missed out on Valley of the Kings while in Luxor as succumbed to the dreaded ‘belly’ issues!! Egypt is a fascinating place and would love to go back in time some decades to see the melting pot of Alexandria as it was.
I would like to see the Valley of the Kings, the citadel of Qaitbay, and the Pyramids in Giza. Centuries of history and fantastic architecture all in one!
Followed by a cruise on the Nile, of course.
It would have to be the Nile. I dream of going down the Nile on a river cruise.
I would have to see the Pyramids….. and then I’d head to the beach!
id love to see it all! the markets the pyramids and try all th yummy food!
I would love to take the Cruise from Luxor to Aswan so I could take in the views and see the ancient sites, all by the calmness on the water.
Hi, I’m a singer in an Arabic band in the UK and would love to check out Cairo’s live music and dance scene!
I’d love to see the Nile & also try authentic Egyptian food
Pyramids for sure, but I’d love to see everything
I would love to visit the pyramids of Giza
Hello, I would like to visit the Orman Botanical Garden in Egypt as it looks very beautiful.
It would be amazing to visit Egypt and incredible to see the pyramids!
I’d love to see the Pyramids of Giza and The Valley of the Kings. I also like the idea of going on a camel ride but I’d probably refuse if the camel decided to spit at me!
A trip to Cairo to see the pyramids
A return to Luxor would be amazing! So much to see.
I’d love to go to The Valley of The Kings. Egypt is on my bucket list.
If possible, I would like to visit Anwar Sadat’s grave site. I know many people in Egypt hated him. I remember seeing him assassinated on television. I could not believe it had happened. I think Anwar Sadat met with President Carter for Peace talks concerning the Middle East? Surely, he had a palace too. I would love to see it.
I remember as a child asking my Dad if he’d seen the Pyramids when he was a serviceman in Egypt, “Seen them?” he said, “I was up & down the ruddy things in that heat looking after the radio equipment at the top!”
I still think of him whenever I see a Pyramids picture.
I would love to read and win The Girl From Alexandria by Carol Cooper. I am interested in what happens and why a person disappears. In this book. I also like the fact that the one sister is seventy years old. Plus, I’m in the mood for a travel book that takes place in Egypt.
The Pyramids
It’s got to be the pyramids. My first trip out of the uk aged 23 (!) was on our honeymoon to Egypt. We arrived in darkness and the next morning opened the curtains and there they were. Absolutely stunning.
I’ve been on a diving holiday to Egypt and that was pretty special so I would love to go back and see all of their key heritage sites.
I’d love to try the food – I try cooking things like Ful Medames at home but never having tasted the real thing in its home country I’m not sure that what I’m doing is right. A few years ago, Dave Myers of the Hairy Bikers filmed a programme about food in Egypt and I’ve wanted to have an experience like his ever since.
I have always wanted to see the Pyramids and I would also like to see the River Nile.
I would love to revisit Egypt and see the pyramids – due to a real mix up when we were there, we never got to Cairo so I’ve always felt that I’ve missed out!
The beautiful landscapes along the Nile
Would love to travel down the Nile on a boat
I would love to see the Pyramids and explore them, though I don’t think they let you go inside.
I once worked in a travel agency where we had a poster of St Catherine’s monastery on the wall – so it would be something to stand and look at the same view in real life, some 30 years later.
Would like to go back to Alexandrua and trace Durrell’s Alexandrua Quaryltet and TELawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom
I’d like to see Pompey’s Pillar and the catacombs in Alexandria.
Valley of the Kings!
Having seen a lot of Egypt already, I would like to go to Alexandria to see how it differs from the rest of Egypt – and to be by the sea! ♀️
I went to Cairo and Hurghada years ago, now I would love to go on a Nile Cruise
Probably the mask of Tutankhamun to get the full effect as opposed to simply looking at pictures.