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Title details for Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris - Wait list

Black Butterflies

by Priscilla Morris
Rachel Atkins
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023 LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2023 'A moving, compelling, deeply human novel about love, hope and resilience in a city under siege. Everyone should read it' Emma Stonex, bestselling author of The Lamplighters Sarajevo, spring 1992. Each night, nationalist gangs erect barricades, splitting the diverse city into ethnic enclaves; each morning, the residents – whether Muslim, Croat or Serb – push the makeshift barriers aside. When violence finally spills over, Zora, an artist and teacher, sends her husband and elderly mother to safety with her daughter in England. Reluctant to believe that hostilities will last more than a handful of weeks, she stays behind while the city falls under siege. As the assault deepens and everything they love is laid to waste, black ashes floating over the rooftops, Zora and her friends are forced to rebuild themselves, over and over. Theirs is a breathtaking story of disintegration, resilience and hope.
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Publisher: Clipper Audiobooks Edition: Unabridged

OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781004128211
  • File size: 195155 KB
  • Release date: July 1, 2023
  • Duration: 06:46:34

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781004128211
  • File size: 195181 KB
  • Release date: July 1, 2023
  • Duration: 06:50:31
  • Number of parts: 7

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subjects

Fiction Literature

Languages

English

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023 LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2023 'A moving, compelling, deeply human novel about love, hope and resilience in a city under siege. Everyone should read it' Emma Stonex, bestselling author of The Lamplighters Sarajevo, spring 1992. Each night, nationalist gangs erect barricades, splitting the diverse city into ethnic enclaves; each morning, the residents – whether Muslim, Croat or Serb – push the makeshift barriers aside. When violence finally spills over, Zora, an artist and teacher, sends her husband and elderly mother to safety with her daughter in England. Reluctant to believe that hostilities will last more than a handful of weeks, she stays behind while the city falls under siege. As the assault deepens and everything they love is laid to waste, black ashes floating over the rooftops, Zora and her friends are forced to rebuild themselves, over and over. Theirs is a breathtaking story of disintegration, resilience and hope.
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Fiction Literature