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Little Bee: A Novel
Author: Chris Cleave

Book Information
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 167
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ISBN-13: 9781416589631 - ISBN-10: 1416589635
Publication Date: 2/10/2009
Pages: 288

Book Description:

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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Top Member Book Reviews

Tracy S. (Bernelli) wrote on 3/31/2009...

6 member(s) found this review helpful.

A fictitious story woven around real events. This story personalizes the problems small villages in Africa are experiencing because they are located overtop of valuable oil resources. Rather than seeing the problem from 10,000 feet, the story is brought up close and personal through Little Bee's horrifying experience and her desperate search for hope. Good story - I could not put it down.

Elizabeth R. (esjro) - Stockton, NJ wrote on 4/19/2009...

5 member(s) found this review helpful.

Little Bee tells the stories of two women from different parts of the world whose lives intersect with startling consequences. The story is told in chapters which alternate between the womens' points of view. Author Chris Cleave deserves credit for giving each character such a distinctive and believable voice.

Little Bee is simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting. Just read it.

Jo K. (windsong) wrote on 7/17/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

I had to wait a while for this book and so I fully intended to take my time enjoying it. Unfortunately (?) I found it quite difficult to put the book down and finished it in one day. Bummer!!! What a magnificent story!!!

Lisa L. (taaza) wrote on 7/4/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Suspenseful, dark, different, at times touching and at times violent. A story of hope, morals, trust and survival. A Nigerian refugee shows up on the doorstep on a British couple whom she met on a beach in Nigeria years before. I was mesmerized by the story as the book progressed. You won't want to put this book down once you start...it hooks you from page one.


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