Onchan Book Group get together on the first Thursday of each month at Onchan Library. We all love books and reading, and this blog is our way of sharing some of our views.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
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Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad: The True Story of an Unlikely Friendship by Bee Rowlatt & May Witwit
This was recently serialised on Radio 4 and is about the close friendship via e-mail between Bee Rowlatt in England and May WitWit in Baghdad. May is a University lecturer who teaches Jane Austen and loves shoes, and Bee is a BBC reporter and mum of three. May's e-mails reveal the chilling reality of everyday life with her husband in a war zone. As the danger increases, Bee makes the life changing decision to intervene.
