Comments on: Guardian column

By: Chris Cleave

Chris Cleave — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:06:26 +0000

Hi Raye Lee – thank you so much for the kind words. I’m really lucky to have readers like you.

By: Raye Lee Simpson

Raye Lee Simpson — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:57:03 +0000

I just finished reading “Little Bee” recommended by a book club friend. It was a wonderful read–I felt as tho I were in London hoping she would find her “refuge” there all tho I knew she would not. It certainly made me think of other worlds and the problems that are in those worlds of which I have no idea. Thank you, Chris Cleave, for a great book.

By: Barb McBratnie-Altamonte Springs, FL.

Barb McBratnie-Altamonte Springs, FL. — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:32:12 +0000

I have not written to an author in a very long time. I just finished reading Little Bee and was so moved by the characters, the story, the word pictures that drew me in on every page. In particular, you painted such memorable characters, their moral weaknesses, their struggles, and their triumphs against all odds. Little Bee is a remarkable young woman and she will be in my memory banks for a long time to come. Plan to read Incendiary next. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent. Barb McBratnie

By: Chris Cleave

Chris Cleave — Mon, 16 May 2011 00:18:22 +0000

Thanks Mariana – delighted you liked the book.

By: Mariana

Mariana — Sat, 14 May 2011 01:34:23 +0000

Chris, I just finished reading Little Bee and I cried. Excelent book. Udo is real.

Mariana – Brazil

By: Linda Mora

Linda Mora — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:17:26 +0000

I just finished reading Little Bee. Totally loved the characters and was sad to get to the end of the book. I’m looking forward to reading Incendiary and anything else you have written. It’s always exciting to find an author I like have more of their books to read! Don’t stop writing! Thanks.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:44:31 +0000

Please write a compilation of your columns!

I finished Incendiary last night…in one night. I can’t remember the last time I was so profoundly moved and disturbed by a book. Thank you.

By: Ann Patten

Ann Patten — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:49:45 +0000

Hi Chris,
I am a special ed teacher that spends her days trying to change the lives of teenagers that are losing their way or are already lost. I have long felt the pain of the world’s global oppression in my soul and struggle with the guilt of having what we have here in the U.S. All the atrocities that occur throughout the world have always affected me deeply…but never more deeply than when I read “Little Bee.” Your beautiful words infused the reader with all of the raw emotions that Sarah and Little Bee felt. As an idealist, I so wanted the book to end differently….as a realist I knew it couldn’t…..I struggle with the age old question constantly, “Can one person make a difference?” I give money to the homeless, volunteer in shelters and help anyone I can……but it’s never enough… and that is my personal struggle. Lastly, and so importantly, I want to commend you on an astonishing book. My sincerest wish is that “Little Bee” will inspire more people to look outside of their own complacency and do one small thing for humanity.

Thank You, Ann

By: Kim Harlow

Kim Harlow — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:14:32 +0000

Chris:
I just finished “Little Bee” and am sending it on to my daughter so she can read for herself all the beauty I told her your book holds. Do you not think that tragedy at home, in the United States, caused by the economic downfall is as life changing, dramatic, devestating, shameful, et cet as in other countries that are abused by the corruption of our government, and/or oil companies? Where are the stories that tell of the thousands who not only lost their homes and jobs but their families and their children, which was caused by no grand scheme of their own, but by their own government’s misconduct and abuse? I love Africa and my heart bleeds for what we have done to its children. But you do see, that our government has no shame in what it does to its own, do you not?
A mother cannot survive her sanity for losing her children. A very great emotional undoing. When she has lost all control of her life and her children, and the world spins her into shame, her grief is the soil man made.
I’m writing that book because that story needs to be told. Surviving is not triumphant. It may be nothing more than noble.
-Kim

By: Ester Uwimana

Ester Uwimana — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:04:31 +0000

Hi, my name is Esther uwimana. I am a school student from Norway, we have a school assignment to write about a book.
I have read your book Little Bee, it was really amazing, I’ve even been a refugee from Africa too.
In the task we have to write about the biography of authors, but the problem is that I find almost nothing about you online.
I was wondering if you could send me the facts about your autobiography ..?
I really hope you see this message, and responds ..
-Esther
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