Book Club 10/1/10...

Tonight's book club discussion was of "Little Bee" by Chris Cleave. Mr. Cleave has just made it onto my "favorite authors" list with this book, and I am looking forward to reading his first novel "Incendiary" as soon as possible!
Here's a quick synopsis of the book from it's publisher Simon & Schuster...
Little Bee, a young Nigerian refugee, has just been released from the British immigration detention center where she has been held under horrific conditions for the past two years, after narrowly escaping a traumatic fate in her homeland of Nigeria. Alone in a foreign country, without a family member, friend, or pound to call her own, she seeks out the only English person she knows. Sarah is a posh young mother and magazine editor with whom Little Bee shares a dark and tumultuous past.

They first met on a beach in Nigeria, where Sarah was vacationing with her husband, Andrew, in an effort to save their marriage after an affair, and their brief encounter has haunted each woman for two years. Now together, they face a disturbing past and an uncertain future with the help of Sarah’s four-year-old son, Charlie, who refuses to take off his Batman costume. A sense of humor and an unflinching moral compass allow each woman, and the reader, to believe that even in the face of unspeakable odds, humanity can prevail.

I LOVED this book! Loved, loved, loved it! Chris Cleaves wrote an amazing and captivating story, peppered with highly developed characters who you can't help but love. The cliff hanger ending really makes you wonder. I love a good ending! This is one of the best books I've read in a very long time. I liked it so much, I actually went to the author's website and couldn't stop myself from leaving a gushing fan message. I never do these things! To my absolute surprise and delight, he replied to my message on his site AND sent me an email to further answer my questions! I was so excited you would've thought I was a teenager again getting an autograph from Motley Crue. I guess I'm just getting nerdier as I get older.

Everyone at book club was in agreeance... This book is awesome! Read it!
www.chriscleave.com

If you've read the book, I'd love to know what you think. Or if you want to read along, next meeting we're discussing "The Red Queen" by Phillipa Gregory. I'm about half way through it and so far I like it a lot.