Ravaged and scorched, Aleppo has become familiar to us because it is a bruised battleground in the ongoing Syrian civil war. While it is a city of ancient heritage and culture, it is now known primarily through the harrowing images posted in media reports across the globe.
The scenes have become background noise to our ongoing lives, and the numbers and statistics have lost their impact as we hear of more and more Syrian refugees desperately trying to escape the violence.
Christy Lefteri parachutes her debut novel into the sightline of our glazed, dulled senses and seeks to engage us with the horrific but human reality behind the reportage.
