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01968aam a2200289 i 4500 001 4C892D64940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231206010040 008 210605s2021 nyu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1496735986 020 $a 9781496735980 035 $a (OCoLC)1255317118 040 $a ZH8 $b eng $c ZH8 $d ZH8 $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d FQ2 $d SILO 043 $a a-iq--- 082 04 $a [Fic] $2 23 100 1 $a Wilkinson, Gina. 245 10 $a When the apricots bloom / $c Gina Wilkinson. 264 1 $a New York : $b Kensington Publishing, $c 2021. 300 $a 314 pages ; $c 21 cm. 520 0 $a At night, in Huda's fragrant garden, a breeze sweeps in from the desert encircling Baghdad, rustling the leaves of her apricot trees and carrying warning of visitors at her gate. Huda, a secretary at the Australian embassy, lives in fear of the mukhabarat--the secret police who watch and listen for any scrap of information that can be used against America and its allies. They have ordered her to befriend Ally Wilson, the deputy ambassador's wife. Huda has no wish to be an informant, but fears for her teenaged son, who may be forced to join a deadly militia. Nor does she know that Ally has dangerous secrets of her own. Huda's former friend, Rania, enjoyed a privileged upbringing as the daughter of a sheikh. Now her family's wealth is gone, and Rania too is battling to keep her child safe and a roof over their heads. As the women's lives intersect, their hidden pasts spill into the present. Facing possible betrayal at every turn, all three must trust in a fragile, newfound loyalty, even as they discover how much they are willing to sacrifice to protect their families.--Amazon.com. 650 0 $a Secrets $v Fiction. 650 1 $a Gardens $v Fiction. 651 1 $a Baghdad (Iraq) $v Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20231206013114.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4C892D64940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b FQ2Initiate Another SILO Locator Search