pickLila moves from Iowa to the Ozark town of Henbane to work. The job quickly turns dark. Years later, 16 year old Lucy Dane, Lila‘s daughter goes to work for her Uncle. Lila went missing when Lucy was a baby. A friend of Lucy‘s goes missing. Mystery spring up and some wonder if these missing girls might have something in common. There are lots of layers are tangled together along with lots of memories. 4/5⭐️
pickA very good but disturbing story about a girl from Nepal forced into the sex trade in India.
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pickThis was often a tough book to read, about a 13 year old Nepali girl sold into prostitution in India. McCormick does an amazing job of describing how horribly Lakshmi is treated while also refraining from being excessively explicit. Lakshmi faces these circumstances with her mother‘s words that to endure is to triumph and never fully gives up hope.
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pickThe tenth most banned book in America this past year is a skillfully and sensitively told story, based on interviews with real survivors, of a 13 year old Nepali girl sold by her stepfather into prostitution in India. This important, inspiring, and very moving book, published in 2006 to critical acclaim, exemplifies the words Lakshmi‘s beloved mother tells her, “Simply to endure…is to triumph,” and celebrates survival, love of learning, and hope.
pickThere wasn‘t a whole lot of depth in this dark romance but it did leave me wanting to know what happens next even though I think I know, so I did buy the next book to see. It wasn‘t terrible, but definitely not a five star read for me. Super steamy scenes and I liked the FMC so I will be interested to read the next one.
pickQuartey uses a new storytelling method with each book in the series, and so it is so far from a formulaic mystery as it can get. He also tells stories unique to #Ghana. A really nasty guy who trafficked Nigerians becomes a pimp of high class women to the rich, and is killed. His innocent girlfriend goes missing. This is a missing person story but also a murder mystery and a horrific story of human trafficking and prostitution. The author keeps ⬇️
