"We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived." So says the title character in Chris Cleave's "Little Bee." Little Bee is a Nigerian refugee who had witnessed many horrors before winding up in a detention center in the UK. Her plan is to learn English and find her way to a British couple she had met two years before. Through a mix up at the center, she is released to do just that. The book jacket asks that I not say what happens because the "magic" is in how the story unfolds.
The quote above says it all. This poignant and thought provoking book is about scars and survival. The characters are at once heroic and flawed. It's a book that will stay with you for a while.
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