CWR Book Group will be reading Butterfly, by Yusra Mardini. Do join us to discuss it on Tuesday 4 May 2021 at 7:30pm! 

“Yusra Mardini fled her native Syria to the Turkish coast in 2015 and boarded a small dinghy full of refugees bound for Greece. When the small and overcrowded boat's engine cut out, it began to sink. Yusra, her sister and two others took to the water, pushing the boat for three and a half hours in open water until they eventually landed on Lesbos, saving the lives of the passengers aboard.

The story of Butterfly starts in a war-torn suburb of Damascus and follows Yusra through Europe to Berlin and from there to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.”

Yusra tells her story with disarming simplicity and openness, but manages to convey the magnitude of the choices she and her family were faced with when war ripped apart their lives in Syria, and Yusra’s determination not just to survive but to continue to pursue her dreams. 

Gloucestershire Library has several copies including audio and ebook versions, or you can purchase from our local store, The Suffolk Anthology for 10% off RRP.

The Zoom details are https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83137853316?pwd=bTgrdVNyamhYS2xZeStSUDhjanQwZz09

Meeting ID: 831 3785 3316

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