When the apricots bloom /
Wilkinson, Gina,
When the apricots bloom / Gina Wilkinson. - Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2020. - 312 pages ; 24 cm.
"Friendship, trust, motherhood under the rule of a dictator in Baghdad"--Cover. Includes reading group guide.
At night, in Huda's fragrant garden, a breeze sweeps in from the desert encircling Baghdad, rustling the leaves of her apricot trees and carrying warning of visitors at her gate. Huda, a secretary at the Australian embassy, lives in fear of the secret police, who have ordered her to befriend Ally, the deputy ambassador's wife. Huda's former friend Rania, an artist, enjoyed a privileged upbringing as the daughter of a sheikh. Now her family's wealth is gone, and Rania is battling to keep her child safe and a roof over their heads. As the women's lives intersect, their hidden pasts spill into the present. Facing possible betrayal at every turn, all three must trust in a fragile, newfound loyalty, even as they discover how much they are willing to sacrifice to protect their families.
9780733646409
Families--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Mothers and sons--Fiction.
Sacrifice--Fiction.
Betrayal.
Mothers and sons.
Sacrifice.
Undercover operations.
Secretaries--Fiction.
Secret service--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Undercover operations--Fiction.
Betrayal--Fiction.
Artist--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Female friendship.
Secrecy.
Women.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Spies--Fiction.
Women--Iraq--Fiction.
Iraq.
Iraq--Baghdad.
Baghdad (Iraq)--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
A823.4
When the apricots bloom / Gina Wilkinson. - Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2020. - 312 pages ; 24 cm.
"Friendship, trust, motherhood under the rule of a dictator in Baghdad"--Cover. Includes reading group guide.
At night, in Huda's fragrant garden, a breeze sweeps in from the desert encircling Baghdad, rustling the leaves of her apricot trees and carrying warning of visitors at her gate. Huda, a secretary at the Australian embassy, lives in fear of the secret police, who have ordered her to befriend Ally, the deputy ambassador's wife. Huda's former friend Rania, an artist, enjoyed a privileged upbringing as the daughter of a sheikh. Now her family's wealth is gone, and Rania is battling to keep her child safe and a roof over their heads. As the women's lives intersect, their hidden pasts spill into the present. Facing possible betrayal at every turn, all three must trust in a fragile, newfound loyalty, even as they discover how much they are willing to sacrifice to protect their families.
9780733646409
Families--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Mothers and sons--Fiction.
Sacrifice--Fiction.
Betrayal.
Mothers and sons.
Sacrifice.
Undercover operations.
Secretaries--Fiction.
Secret service--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Undercover operations--Fiction.
Betrayal--Fiction.
Artist--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Female friendship.
Secrecy.
Women.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Spies--Fiction.
Women--Iraq--Fiction.
Iraq.
Iraq--Baghdad.
Baghdad (Iraq)--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
A823.4
