Am I the only one who was annoyed by the whole marketing strategy of "it's all hush-hush because we don't want to give too much away"?Here's what I would have blurped. And I don't think I am giving "too much away" but people should be given some idea of what the freakin' book is about:
"Young Nigerian girl Little Bee is illegally in England makes her way to see the only people she knows in the country, Sarah and Andrew. They met two years previously and their lives have been drastically and tragically changed by the encounter."
Would you still read it or is this TMI? Yeah, I thought so.
Anyway, the story revolves around the two mentioned women and the narrating voice changes from one to the other with each chapter. Everything about their lives is wrong or difficult. Sarah's four year old son Charlie insists on wearing his batman costume every single day and fights imaginary "baddies" ever since his father died. Sarah's lover suddenly stands in front of her house and offers his help, which complicates the situation further. Little Bee lives in constant fear of being found and deported while Sarah helps her to work out ways and means to help Little Bee to stay in England.
Very sad and at times brutal. Good read.
6/10
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