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May 27, 2010
Wanda Baldridge
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I haven't finished yet because it's so easy to put it down. Although, it's interesting when I'm reading it. Does that make sense? Right now I think Bee is a spoiled brat and it irritates me that she writes to May about her holidays, etc. when May could be killed any day. Does it seem the same to anyone else?
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Bee, a journalist from the UK, and May, a professor in Iraq, begin an email friendship that lasts several years. Quite soon in the correspondence, they begin to brainstorm ways to get May and her husband Ali out of the country. Their lives are drastically different, and May relies on Bee’s everyday normalcy to get through the chaotic life she must endure. I enjoyed reading about the friendship between Bee and May. I also learned a lot about the suffering in Iraq, and the desperate need for peace
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