Last week was Refugee Week and having been approached by the Red Cross, this week's Book Group is a little out of the ordinary.
Firstly we've selected a book from the list of novels by or about refugees (you leave the guys unattended for a second and they chose a graphic novel...) and secondly two representatives from the Red Cross join us for the evening.
I have to confess that graphic novels speak to me of geekdom, but I endeavour to keep an open mind.
I am utterly rewarded. It comes as a blessed relief that there are no superheroes; instead it's the charming and insightful autobiographical tale of the author as she grew up and eventually left Iran.
I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I may need to reframe my prejudices about graphic novels. Which is perhaps not quite the point of the evening from the Red Cross' point of view, but then I guess I was pretty refugee friendly anyway.
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