Just finished Little Bee by Chris Cleave.  It's such a sad story.  It's hard to imagine having to flee your home for safety and then when you go somewhere safer they tell you that you have to go back.  This book was well written but it does pull at the heart.  It is a fiction novel but the realities of a refugee in the UK are real.  If you read this book be ready to cry and pray.  The sad part is the conflict in this country was over oil.  We live in a greedy world.

Little Bee.  I must say that it has been a difficult book for me to read.  There is such a tragic story.  There is a sense of reality of the horrible things that happen around terror.  I don't know if you have ever been terrified, but that is how Little Bee lives...in terror.  Terror in my opinion is a lot different that being scared.  It is an interesting twist when Little Bee's life meets up with Sarah's.  Sarah's life is also in turmoil and much of it because of her own doing, but also because of who her now deceased husband use to be.  She has made many poor choices with an affair, then going to a country that had warnings not to vacation there.  It reminded me of my own trip to India.  Many people were concerned for our safety   But it certainly did not have a war going on there.  Sarah and her husband meet a very disturbing group of terrorists and Sarah makes a sacrifice that her husband could not do.  (But you will have to read to find that out.)  Sarah seems very reckless at times, but also is shows courage with the sacrifice she made.  These two women do have their moments of brief happiness when they decide that they would like to look at the joys in life.  I'm still reading to see what happens to these women.

Little Bee is unlike any novel I have read before.  I'm still at the beginning of the book.  It's a story about a refugee women from Africa and women who's life is changed by Little Bee some how.  I will have to keep on reading to see how this all works out.  It has made me think about a refugee's life and the fear they must face when they are forced to leave their homes to escape unexplained terror.  Little Bee ends up in England in a detention center for immigrants.  She is very resourceful and learns the best she can to speak the language of England so she can communicate when she is out.  So far I have not been able to understand how Little Bee and Sarah's lives collide.  But her husband Andrew commits suicide after he gets a phone call from Bee.  It's a sad book so far, but makes you think about all the obstacles a refugee would have to over come having to be in a different country.

Come and join us for a discussion about Little Bee bye Chris Cleave

Half Broke Horses is a story of a woman with real grit.  I'm about half way through the book and I have enjoyed the story.  It's inspiring.  The book has made me want to stop complaining, find enjoyment in life even during difficult times, and become a problem solver.  This woman did not complain about anything she had to endure.  She lived life on life's terms and made things happen.   So far it's been amazing to read about the life of this women.  She lived authentically with not excuses.  Even though she does not talk much about being in faith with God, she lives her life in a way that is honorable.  Hope your reading!?  If you are I would like to know what your thinking. 

The book has been chosen.  We decided on Half Broke Horses, by Jeanette Walls.  We are looking forward to hear what you think.  Happy Reading!