TALKING ABOUT JANE AUSTEN IN BAGHDAD

The Story of an Unlikely Friendship. When a simple email brings May and Bee together, they discover a friendship that overcomes all their differences of culture, religion and age. Their correspondence evocatively captures and contrasts daily life in London and Baghdad, from Bee's daily nursery run to May's bullet-dodging commute to college to teach English. This is their story: sharing laughter and tears, and swapping their confidences, dreams and fears. And, between the grenades, the gossip, the jokes and the secrets, they also hatch an ingenious plan to help May escape the bombings of Baghdad. May is now in the UK.