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You could feel the hopelessness and desperation in each page. When you’re born with nothing, you have no mom or anyone who’d love you like a mom, and life doesn’t give you a chance to make it better, you can feel defeated and just give up. Lala is made of stronger stuff, and I want to think that in the end she finally finds her sliver of paradise. Sweep, my sister.
Lala lives in beautiful Barbados, but her life isn’t so picturesque. Set in the 1980s, Lala has to deal with domestic violence, poverty, dysfunctional family dynamics, motherhood and loss. Sometimes happiness comes with a cost, and she pays dearly (perhaps not as much as the ones who help her).
Greatest takeaway: In the end, when you truly love someone, you don’t care as much about yourself as you do for that person’s safety and wellbeing. You’d sacrifice most anything for that.
I highly recommend that you read this paired with the audiobook. The narrator's voice is like honey. Perfect tone and accent to capture the emotion the story conveys. It takes you to the sandy beaches and warm breezes of Barbados. Just lovely.
You could feel the hopelessness and desperation in each page. When you’re born with nothing, you have no mom or anyone who’d love you like a mom, and life doesn’t give you a chance to make it better, you can feel defeated and just give up. Lala is made of stronger stuff, and I want to think that in the end she finally finds her sliver of paradise. Sweep, my sister.
Lala lives in beautiful Barbados, but her life isn’t so picturesque. Set in the 1980s, Lala has to deal with domestic violence, poverty, dysfunctional family dynamics, motherhood and loss. Sometimes happiness comes with a cost, and she pays dearly (perhaps not as much as the ones who help her).
Greatest takeaway: In the end, when you truly love someone, you don’t care as much about yourself as you do for that person’s safety and wellbeing. You’d sacrifice most anything for that.
I highly recommend that you read this paired with the audiobook. The narrator's voice is like honey. Perfect tone and accent to capture the emotion the story conveys. It takes you to the sandy beaches and warm breezes of Barbados. Just lovely.