


Harrowing in its details, this is one of those books that’s important to read, but not too worthy. Their lives are contrasted as their share more and more details, and as May and her husband find their situation getting worse and worse, Bee and her family try to find a way to get them out to the UK. They make contact for a news programme then keep in email contact for a number of years. May is a harassed University teacher in Baghdad, dodging bullets and bombs just to get to the hairdresser, let alone to work. Bee is a busy mother and journalist in London.
