Little Bee

Chris Cleave did the world a service writing this amazing book. Out of respect for anyone who might make the ONLY right decision and pick up this book... I will not give away any pertinent details or information. What you may know:
Little Bee is an immigrant from Nigeria

The end.

Just kidding, sort of. Little Bee comes from Nigeria. For many many pages some traumatic events are alluded to, but not shared, and then finally, you learn what happened so long ago that changed the lives of Little Bee and Sarah. The time shared between these two women is incredible, and my heart was so involved in their story, it was hard to put the book away for even an hour.

Chris Cleave so beautifully wrote a lovely story from the perspective of two very different women. I was so impressed by his ability to keep their voices consistent and strong through out the entire book.  Reading the additional sections in the back of the book (Q&A and so on) I admired his commitment to writing from the perspectives of characters that are very different from him in order to avoid the laziness of falling into his own voice. As a writer, I commend his efforts and am so grateful that I had the opportunity to pick it up off the "Summer Reads" table at B&N.