We are skipping June and July again this year, given it's such a busy time for everyone with their kids, trips and so forth. We will have one meeting in the summer, hosted by Julie, on August 8. Julie has selected "Little Bee: A Novel" by Chris Cleave.
Amazon.com noted: "We don't want to tell you too much about this book. It is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it." However, a top Amazon.com reviewer noted that the book is about a Nigerian refugee whose life changes due to a group of English citizens. So there's a little bit on the book.
With that, here are a few reviews to whet your appetite:
"...[an] immensely readable and moving second novel... The character and voice of
Little Bee reveal Cleave at his finest... An affecting story of human triumph." --
New York Times Book Review
"Book clubs in search of the next
Kite Runner need look no further than this astonishing, flawless novel... Cleave (
Incendiary)
effortlessly moves between alternating viewpoints with lucid, poignant
prose and the occasional lighter note. A tension-filled dramatic ending
and plenty of moral dilemmas add up to a satisfying, emotional read." --
Library Journal
"
Little Bee will blow you
away....In restrained, diamond-hard prose, Cleave alternates between
these two characters' points of view as he pulls the threads of their
dark -- but often funny -- story tight. What unfolds between them...is
both surprising and inevitable, thoroughly satisfying if also
heart-rending." --
Washington Post
