Coming soon - July 2021
Ceremony of Innocence
Madeleine Bunting
NeemhasbeeninvestigatingthesecretivebusinessofthewealthyWilcoxSmithsinBahrain.Whenshegoesmissing,presumeddead,thoseclosetoherunravelatrailthatleadsbacktothe1970sinTehranwhereMartinWilcoxSmithbeganhiscareerasadiplomat.Phoebe,Martin’senigmaticwife,isdividedbetweenherloveofNeemandprotectingherhusband;Fauzia,Martin’sdaughter-in-law,isareporterinvestigatingBritishtiestotheMiddleEast;andKate,Martin’sniece,isinarelationshipwithaBahrainirefugeewhoopenshereyestoMartin’scorruption;togethertheyareonapathofdiscoveryintotheirfamily’ssecretpast.AvividandevocativestorythattravelsbetweentheShah’sIran,modernBahrainandtheEnglishcountryside,CeremonyofInnocenceexploresonefamily’sentanglementwithEmpireandthepowerwieldedbytheestablishment,touncovercolonialism’slegacyofmoralcompromisesandcorruption.