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Little Bee: A Novel by Chris Cleave
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Little Bee: A Novel

by Chris Cleave

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  1. dsc73277 recommends Hearts and Minds by Amanda Craig, ""Hearts and Minds" and "Little Bee" have been two of the most compelling books I have read this year. Both deal sympathetically with the experience of (see more) migrants to Britain. At times they make for difficult reading, reminding one as they do of how difficult some people's lives are, however, ultimately they are not devoid of hope."
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Great book - mingles tragedy that we often think of as apart from ourselves with everyday life. ( )
  Cailin | Nov 30, 2009 |
Haunting- searing -- finely crafted -- memorable -- exquisite

Little Bee's family lives above a crude oil site. Her entire family is killed, and she meets 2 English journalists on vacation in a Nigerian beach. This is the story of what happens after she escapes the dentention center in London. ( )
  coolmama | Nov 30, 2009 |
This is a brave book depicting the horror of growing up in a country where violence and corruption have affected entire communities and generations.

Depicting the terror of being a refugee in a strange land and the sadness of a bereavement that links your life with people you first met in your own country ... ( )
  wungu | Nov 29, 2009 |
A page turner. Wow, you can't say much because it will give away the story. ( )
  jhibburt | Nov 15, 2009 |
It has been a long time since I have read a book with a protagonist so utterly entrancing, so wise and so perfect, that the struggles of that character becomes so real. Little Bee is one of those characters, whose struggles and experiences and wisdom makes the reader forget throughout the whole book her age, and instead brings the reader even deeper into the story. ( )
  stephaniechase | Nov 8, 2009 |
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Dedication
For Joseph
First words
Most days I wish I was a British pound coin instead of an African girl.
Quotations
(Little Bee, p.13/14:) "...and I ask you right here please to agree with me that a scar is never ugly. That's what the scar makers want us to think. But you and I, we must make an agreement to defy them. We must see all scars as beauty (...) Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, "I survived".
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The Other Hand (UK) / Little Bee (US)
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Publisher Comments:
We don't want to tell you too much about this book!

It is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it.

Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this:

It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific.

The story starts there, but the book doesn't.

And it's what happens afterward that is most important.

Once you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about it. When you do, please don't tell them what happens either. The magic is in how it unfolds.

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