little bee by chris cleave

this book was amazing, and heartwrenching and beautiful. the flap copy, because i don't want to spoil anything (but keep reading past the first couple of pages to get into it):

we don't want to tell you what happens in this book.
it is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it.

nevertheless, you need to enough to buy it, so we will just say this:

this is the story of two women. their lives collide
one fateful day, and one of them has to make a terrible choice,
the kind of choice we hope you never have to face. two years
later, they meet again - the story starts there...

once you have read it, you'll want to tell your friends
about it. when you do, please don't tell them what happens. the magic
is in how the story unfolds.

and the flap copy is right. so please read.