Little Bee

After I gave up on The Strain, I needed a book that wouldn't creep me out. I found it in Little Bee. What a story! It definitely didn't creep me out. In fact I felt like doing something to help change the world after I read it. The premise is an African refugee girl that comes to England escaping death in Nigeria. The story comes when her life re-intersects with an English journalist and mother of a two-year old boy. I don't want to say anymore and spoil it. This book definitely stirred emotions, and it made me realize that our life outside of a third world country might as well be on another planet because they are so different. It makes me wonder what would I be like if I had grown up under such circumstances. Would I have had the inner strength to survive? Or would my spirit have been broken by all the evil man can do to each other?

This is certainly a good choice for a book club read. There is plenty of material ripe for discussion ranging from the relationships between the characters to the world problems from which we are so far removed. I would rate it an 8 out 10. It was a fast read and a perfect choice after those creepy vampire creatures!