"This is the story of two women. Their lives collide one fateful day, and one of them has to make a terrible choice, the kind of choice we hope you never have to face. Two years later, they meet again -- the story starts there. Once you have read it, you'll want to tell your frienmds about it. When you do, please don't tell them what happens. The magic is in how the story unfolds."Bonnie says, "Much of the book takes place in England, but some really important events take place in Nigeria. I also recommend this book for both countries."
Monday, January 10, 2011
Nigeria and England
Helen said, "Here's a link to my review of Little Bee, which would fit under England and Nigeria."
Little Bee by Chris Cleave is "a haunting novel about the tenuous friendship that blooms between two disparate strangers—one an illegal Nigerian refugee, the other a recent widow from suburban London." The back cover says:
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I`m so happy for having found your blog! I`ve just started on my own around the world through books project, and surley there is some countrys that is more difficult than others to find something form!
I`m starting with the most difficult worldpart, Oseania :P
will surely gain some inspiration from your blog!^^
Unfortunately my own is mostly in norweigan. (but if someone should wish for it, I can of course try on english when I`m writing about books around the world)
Hello, Jeka! I found your blog and can read the names of countries in your most recent post:
http://jekasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/jorda-rundt-gjennom-bker.html
Best wishes on finding books for all the countries. And welcome to the Book Around the World reading challenge. If you find good books in English, I hope you'll come here to share the titles with us.
I also recently read this book and hesitated to include it for the two countries, but I think I will, as you are right, some of the most important parts of the book occur in Nigeria.
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