Nuri is in heaven. He has always wanted to be a beekeeper. Now in Aleppo his dream has come true. His cousin, Mustafa and he have a successful business raising bees, cultivating the honey, and discovering new ways to implement honey in everyday items. Happiness abounds, families are happy, their in paradise. Then with the flash of bombings and the war, everything is destroyed. Both families lose their sons. They are forced to immigrate to the United Kingdom.
The trials, heartbreak, trauma of mind, body and soul are enough to make anyone give up. The hope of a better life, and the soft humming of bees will give them the strength needed to survive.
A rich and powerful story. Magnetic, doesn't let you go until the final page.

Life in Syria was sweet for beekeeper Nuri and his wife, artist Afra until war broke out. Together the two make their way across a war torn country, through Turkey and Greece, hoping to find a new home in England. This is an incredible story, heartbreaking and timely and should be read by every person who has any question about why victims of political upheaval and ethnic cleansing need a safe refuge