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Mar 14, 2021 · Novelist Jessie Tu, author of the 2020 hit A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, dives deep into the way women are portrayed in stories of conflict in her review of When the Apricots Bloom, published in The Sydney Morning Herald. 'War stories are usually told by men about men. They are the front-line combatants – they fight with guns, spears, grenades, fists. Rarely do we hear stories of those who are most oppressed. And stories from recent wars told by women about women are even rarer.It ...
Feb 2, 2021 · Wilkinson weaves in the miasma of fear and distrust that characterized Hussein’s regime with convincing detail. . . . Richly drawn characters and high-stakes plot.” — Publishers Weekly “A deeply involving and important novel by a master storyteller. Gina Wilkinson highlights the humanity at the center of a brutal conflict.
Jan 4, 2021 · Gina Wilkinson is a former foreign correspondent, award-winning journalist, and documentary maker who's reported from some of the world's most intriguing and perilous places for the BBC, NPR, the ABC, and other renowned public broadcasters. Originally from Australia, she spent two decades reporting from hotspots across the globe and now lives outside of Washington, D.C.
Former foreign correspondent Gina Wilkinson draws on her own experiences to take readers inside a haunting story of Iraq at the turn of the millennium and the impossible choices faced by families under a deadly regime.A BuzzFeed Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Release A Target Book Club Pick A Publishers Marketplace Buzz Books Selection 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 ...
Award-winning foreign correspondent turned novelist, Gina Wilkinson's evocative debut 'When the Apricots Bloom' is set in Baghdad during the regime of Saddam Hussein. Fans of women's fiction and books of international suspense are bound to love it. https://www.ginawilkinson.net
Mar 1, 2021 · It was such a blessing to have Gina Wilkinson on the show today to talk about her new biographical fiction release WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM.
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Gina Wilkinson was a foreign correspondent in Iraq for over a year in the early 2000s, under the rule of Saddam Hussein. Reception. For The Sydney Morning Herald, Jessie Tu praised the book's fresh perspective on war storytelling, and said that "Wilkinson's evocative language shapes the novel into one of suspense, intrigue and conspiracy".
