Book Review
A Novel 'The
Beekeeper of Aleppo' is written by the author Christy Lefteri which consists of
384 pages.
The Beekeeper of Aleppo: A Novel
Before
striking the war in Syria, there was a peaceful life. Once there lived a couple
named Nuri and Afra in Aleppo. They were happy, living a simpler and
countryside life. Nuri was a beekeeper and his wife was an artist. Nuri earned
his living by keeping honey bees in beehives and Afra used to sell her
landscape paintings in public market place. The day starts when Nuri heard the
calling of morning prayers and then he goes into the hives. But the life
changes when the war ravaged in Syria including Aleppo. They had to migrate,
leaving everything behind. During the warfare, unfortunate incident happened,
Afra had lost her eyesight, and became blind. The escaping was not easy, Syrian
couple borne hardship during reaching out into Britain after passing through
Turkey and Greece.
Life was not
easy to survive in Britain. Nuri and Afra were alien to this new country. To
survive, whatever skills, experience, knowledge they had, utilized and started
living but under harder and unfavorable circumstances. In Yorkshire, Afra's
cousin, Mustafa along with her husband Nuri started beekeeping to earn living.
The homeless Syrian family lost everything on their way to Britain.
'The
Beekeeper of Aleppo' may be bought from any click and mortar store.
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