What a wonderfully written, moving book. I could not put it down. The book is about a teenage Nigerian refugee girl, and a British family with which she is intertwined. Such heavy issues in the book, but told in a light way. As the refugee girl tells us, she smiles when things are terrible because they would be even worse if she did not. I found myself smirking at her ideas for suicide -- that's just wrong, isn't it?!?
This was the perfect combination of present story and flashbacks, told from the voices of the refugee girl and the mother in the British family. I was always 100% engaged with the story being told at any given moment. The book was tremendously sad and powerful. Definitely recommend.
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