A review by lennyisreading
When the Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson

4.0

Strayed from my usual fantasy reading for this, and was not disappointed. An insight into living under the Hussein reign in Iraq, from the perspective of 3 women with different backgrounds and levels of privilege. In places, this felt like it had been censored for palatability; I can't imagine the Mukhabarat being as subtle as they were in the story, with only one real taste of the violence I'm sure is carried out constantly. However, I'm unsure if this is due to unwillingness to write about it, or if it's to lend into the constant theme that "we don't talk about it so it doesn't happen".