Blogs in December 2021

Single Man Dancing Alone 2nd December 2021

James O’Bryan arrives in Qatar in 1977 to take up his post as an English language teacher. His intention is to stay for two years and then continue his travels. However, when he meets the Al Bahr family he...

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Annie’s Autumn Escape 28th October 2021

Annie’s big birthday is looming. Sixty! She feels half that age, even if the mirror tells her otherwise. Hubby Keith promises her a birthday to remember, and doesn’t let her down, but packing his suitcase to shack up with...

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The Book Collectors of Daraya 12th September 2021

‘This is an urgent and compelling account of great bravery and passion. Delphine Minoui has crafted a book that champions books and the individuals who risk everything to preserve them.’ Susan Orlean, author of The Library Book In 2012...

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The Photographer’s Wife 7th September 2021

It is 1920, and Palestine has just fallen into the hands of the British. 11 year old English girl Prudence is sent to Jerusalem to live with her father, a government architect who plans on redesigning the Holy City....

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Jerusalem, Drawn and Quartered 28th August 2021

On a night in 1999 when Sarah Tuttle-Singer was barely 18, she was stoned by Palestinian kids just outside one of the gates to the Old City of Jerusalem. In the years that followed, she was terrified to explore...

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