We will walk and talk on Hampstead Heath, discussing this unforgettable memoir

This vivid memoir captures the turbulent start of the twentieth century in Azerbaijan. As Banine recalls her childhood and teenage years amidst the upheaval of revolution and cultural transformation, her lyrical prose transports us into a world of family intrigue, political ferment, and tensions between tradition and modernity. Her unforgettable testimony is both an intimate portrait of personal resilience and a window into a vanished world.

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N.B. Please ensure that you have read the book BEFORE coming on the walk - or it risks spoiling the event for other walkers. If you've don't quite have time to read the book, please consider instead joining the Monday evening Zoom, for which reading the book isn't a prerequisite.

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