But their bond will face the ultimate test when the system catches up with Little Bee, and each woman must make a devastating decision. United by their past and by love for Sarah's young son, Charlie, Little Bee and Sarah become indispensable to each other. The story starts there, but the book doesn't. Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific. It is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it. It delves into unthinkable evil, but simultaneously celebrates its characters in their ability to transcend all that weighs them down, including their pasts, their secrets, and their flaws. Little Bee Chris Cleave 3.72 237,668 ratings22,060 reviews WE DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS BOOK.

Little Bee tries to make a life for herself in a totally alien land while Sarah must come to terms with her choices in London, including an extramarital affair and her seemingly frivolous career path. Little Bee, by Chris Cleave, is a novel that explores both the frailty of the human condition and the endurance of the human spirit. Told in turns in the first person by Little Bee and Sarah, the novel follows these two women as they struggle to save each other and themselves. When Little Bee unexpectedly appears at Sarah's doorstep, it is the day of Andrew's funeral.

All three of their lives were horribly changed by that meeting on the beach. The novel opens on the day Little Bee is released from the center with no identification papers and only the address of an English couple, Andrew and Sarah, whom she once met on a Nigerian beach.

Little Bee, the young female refugee from the Nigerian delta, must master the Queen's English and the Queen's England if she is to escape her past and make a life in the UK after two years in a refugee detention center.

Little Bee by Chris Cleave