
British couple Andrew and Sarah O'Rourke, vacationing on a Nigerian beach in a last-ditch effort to save their faltering marriage, come across Little Bee and her sister, Nigerian refugees fleeing from machete-wielding soldiers intent on clearing the beach. The horrific confrontation that follows changes the lives of everyone involved in unimaginable ways. Two years later, Little Bee appears in Lon...
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition (2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 038566530X
ISBN-13: 978-0385665308
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 0.8 x 9.5 inches
Amazon Rank: 16775964
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What common experience binds together a sixteen-year-old Nigerian refugee and a London magazine editor? The answer, along with much more about this absorbing book, cannot be discussed freely without spoiling the impact for the reader. But when a Brit...
day of Andrew's funeral and reconnects with Sarah. Sarah is struggling to come to terms with her husband's recent suicide and the stubborn behavior of her four-year-old son, who is convinced that he really is Batman. The tenuous friendship between Sarah and Little Bee that grows, is challenged, and ultimately endures is the heart of this emotional, tense, and often hilarious novel. Considered by some to be the next Kite Runner, Little Bee is an achingly human story set against the inhuman realities of war-torn Africa. Wrenching tests of friendship and terrible moral dilemmas fuel this irresistible novel.