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last updated Oct 04, 2019 01:45PM
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This is a beautiful, moving, and heartbreaking story about beekeeper, Nuri, and his wife, Afra and their journey to the safety of England from Syria during the Syrian Civil War. Both are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder in two very different ways after they suffer a terrible loss. On their journey, we see the heartbreaking and harsh reality of what it is like to be a refugee. Such a beautifully written story. I love how some chapters ended with the same word that the next chapter be
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The Beekeeper of Aleppo follows the story of Nuri, a beekeeper in Aleppo, and his wife Afra, an artist. The war in Syria forced them to leave the city becoming refugees as they are smuggled into Europe.
Nuri’s cousin Mustafa, with whom he learned beekeeping, left Syria prior to Nuri’s decision to do so and has settled in the U.K. Nuri and Afra’s story is told back in forth in time after they have made it to the south of England and throughout their journey to get there.
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Nuri’s cousin Mustafa, with whom he learned beekeeping, left Syria prior to Nuri’s decision to do so and has settled in the U.K. Nuri and Afra’s story is told back in forth in time after they have made it to the south of England and throughout their journey to get there.
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Lefteri captures the confusion, the sadness, and the dying hope of these Syrian refugees who make their way to Athens and ultimately to England seeking asylum. It's a very powerful story and very well told. The only reason I didn't give it five stars was because I was often confused between what was really happening and what Nuri thought was happening. I lost my own way through the book, mirroring how the characters continually lost their own way on their journey towards asylum.
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