Little Bee by Chris Cleave

[Peasie]

Just finished reading it. Superb. Loved it


...Little Bee is a young woman with a past so damaging that it seems to negate the possibility of a future, but her tensile stubbornness keeps her going. "Take it from me," she says at the outset, "a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived." Her very name is a mechanism for survival: On the run from their pursuers after the rest of their village was destroyed, she and her sister plucked new names from the air to replace their true ones, "which spoke so loudly of their tribe and of their region." Little Bee has taught herself English from newspapers during her detainment, but her reference points are still in Nigeria. The voice Cleave has created for her illustrates the forcible dislocations of a globalized world. From book review Washington Post

[CeaBee]

Re: Little Bee by Chris Cleave

too much sadness man

[Bizzy]

Re: Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Peasie, u read it already??

It sounds interesting. Might have to put it in my Queue

[Peasie]

Re: Little Bee by Chris Cleave

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bizi_Oh_Em_Gee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Peasie, u read it already??

It sounds interesting. Might have to put it in my Queue </div></div>

Yes, Bizi. It was a very good read And, even for me, I could not put this book down

Sad, yes. But not hopeless. In fact, very hopeful. Not giving the end away...

[Jazz]

Re: Little Bee by Chris Cleave

thanks gonna check it out - aldowe mi nuh like sad book

[Gen]

Re: Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Why mi did think a pickney book from the title ?

What was she detained for ?

[Peasie]

Re: Little Bee by Chris Cleave

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gen</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What was she detained for ? </div></div>

In the novel, Little Bee was held immigration detention center. She was a stowaway from Nigeria seeking asylum in the U.K. Interestingly, as many as 500 to 1000 Jamaicans seek UK asylum each year.