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Wilkinson, Gina,
author.
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.
Families
Fiction.
Australian fiction.
206
Mothers and sons
Fiction.
925
Sacrifice
Fiction.
Betrayal.
fast
Mothers and sons.
fast
Sacrifice.
fast
Undercover operations.
fast
Secretaries
Fiction.
Secret service
Fiction.
Survival
Fiction.
Undercover operations
Fiction.
Betrayal
Fiction.
Artist
Fiction.
Friendship
Fiction.
Female friendship
Fiction.
Female friendship.
fast
8048
Secrecy.
fast
7816
Women.
fast
288
Secrecy
Fiction.
20804
Spies
Fiction.
21794
Women
Iraq
Fiction.
Iraq.
fast
Iraq
Baghdad.
fast
Baghdad (Iraq)
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
lcgft
30
Domestic fiction.
lcgft
230
Fiction.
fast
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