It's a story about an 8 year old girl called Ruba who lives in a small village in Lebanon, just out of Beirut. The story takes place in the 1980s during the lebanese civil war.
I personally thought its a cute little story about a girl trying to help her family, her father who has been changed by
the war, her brother who's getting involved in the militia.
But, for some reason i couldn't feel the…mehrIt's a story about an 8 year old girl called Ruba who lives in a small village in Lebanon, just out of Beirut. The story takes place in the 1980s during the lebanese civil war.
I personally thought its a cute little story about a girl trying to help her family, her father who has been changed by the war, her brother who's getting involved in the militia.
But, for some reason i couldn't feel the book. I am Lebanese, and i have lived through the civil war, but this book didn't really move me, or made me have goose bumps, or made me sad or happy.
Nothing.
Just another novel.
Practical if you want a small easy book to read, but don't expect it to move your senses.
