Wow, what a book!

  • Book: Harmattan
  • Location: Niamey, Niger
  • Author: Gavin Weston

Review Author: tripfiction

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I dont’ know if it is the done thing to rank two books together, but for me this book is up there with A 1000 Splendid Suns. Haoua is a young girl, nearly a teenager who loses so much in her young life. Her hardships are set against a beautifully depicted West Africa – both beautiful and cruel – and her life is such a stark contrast with the lives of her Sponsors, 2 girls of similar age who live in N. Ireland. Delightfully well observed in many ways, there is also a deep rumbling anger and cruelty that permeates the story.

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