The lives of a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan and a well-off British woman collide in this page-turning#1 New York Times bestseller, book club favorite, and affecting story of human triumph ( The New York Times Book Review ) from Chris Cleave, author of Gold and Everyone Brave Is Forgiven . We dont want to tell you too much about this book. It is a truly special story and we dont want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific. The story starts there, but the book doesnt. And its what happens afterward that is most important. Once you have read it, youll want to tell everyone about it. When you do, please dont tell them what happens either. The magic is in how it unfolds.