Disclaimer though... this has terrible language. Bad enough that I can't actually recommend it to anyone without putting that out there. I almost feel like a heathen for loving the book so much.(but let's justify it here: it's a cultural thing, not an "I'm the author and I just want to swear" thing)
Another thought- The book is 500 pages long, which to me is super long, but not a hard read. However, there is a young reader edition you could look into that doesn't have the swearing (or half the story).
4 comments:
You've sold me. I am reserving this at my lib right now. Thanks for the warning though about the language. That does for some reason really affect me. It's weird because here in Boston I hear worse language every day than I have ever heard in any movie or whatever but to read it for some reason is hard for me. Maybe because I feel like I am choosing to hear/read it, I don't know. So we'll see how it goes. But it sounds great!!!
This is a really good book, and such a bummer about the language. It is my husband's favorite book, so I read it while we were engaged. It is really inspirational and full of the coolest characters ever.
I have never heard of this, but I want to read it. Any book I've ever read about any country in Africa just really gets me, I don't know what it is. It's going on my to-read list!
That's me too, Erin! Africa is my latest love because of this book and Poisonwood Bible. What are some more Africa books we can read?
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