Little Bee
by Chris Cleave
Taste attributes: dramaslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalunlikely connectionssocial commentary
Boxlist takeAn emotional novel that is inventive, dark and weighty. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Open Library rating
4.2 / 5
5 ratings
About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Chris Cleave
- Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 296
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- Source
- Open Library
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