Little Bee is the story of 2 women, a teenage Nigerian refugee and a British magazine editor whose lives are tied together by a horrific encounter on a beach in Nigeria. Sarah & her husband are tourists who stumble upon Little Bee and her sister and are forced to make an instant decision at great personal cost to them that alters the lives of all involved that day. The author uses language beautifully, alternating between the two very complex characters pulling the threads of their stories together in both amusing and heart wrenching ways. We found the book to be an extremely interesting study of grief, genocide and globalization. Eminently readable, it is a deeply moving, painful and sad story that is also filled with hope and very inspiring. A wonderful book!