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“Breathtaking…Riveting and profound! I adored this book!” —Ellen Marie Wiseman, New York Instances bestselling creator of The Orphan Collector
“A deeply involving and important novel by a master storyteller.” —Susan Wiggs, # 1 New York Instances bestselling creator
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On this shifting, suspenseful debut novel, three brave ladies confront the complexities of belief, friendship, motherhood, and betrayal below the rule of a ruthless dictator and his brutal secret police. Former international correspondent Gina Wilkinson attracts on her personal experiences to take readers inside a haunting story of Iraq on the flip of the millennium and the unattainable selections confronted by households below a lethal regime.
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At evening, in Huda’s aromatic backyard, a breeze sweeps in from the desert encircling Baghdad, rustling the leaves of her apricot bushes and carrying warning of tourists at her gate. Huda, a secretary on the Australian embassy, lives in concern of the mukhabarat—the key police who watch and hear for any scrap of data that can be utilized towards America and its allies. They’ve ordered her to befriend Ally Wilson, the deputy ambassador’s spouse. Huda has no want to be an informant, however fears for her teenaged son, who could also be compelled to hitch a lethal militia. Nor does she know that Ally has harmful secrets and techniques of her personal.
Huda’s former pal, Rania, loved a privileged upbringing because the daughter of a sheikh. Now her household’s wealth is gone, and Rania too is battling to maintain her little one protected and a roof over their heads. As the ladies’s lives intersect, their hidden pasts spill into the current. Going through doable betrayal at each flip, all three should belief in a fragile, newfound loyalty, at the same time as they uncover how a lot they’re prepared to sacrifice to guard their households.
“Vivid…secrets and lies mingle as easily as the scent of apricot blossoms and nargilah smoke. Wilkinson weaves in the miasma of fear and distrust that characterized Hussein’s regime with convincing detail. Richly drawn characters and high-stakes plot.” —Publishers Weekly
From the Writer
Writer : Kensington (February 2, 2021)
Language : English
Paperback : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 1496729358
ISBN-13 : 978-1496729354
Merchandise Weight : 10.8 ounces
Dimensions : 5.68 x 0.8 x 8.22 inches
