Review: Great book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2012
When I got through with this book, all I could say is WOW! just wow.. you got this young girl in Ghana with a mother and father. Things are good, but they change when the paternal grandfather dies and out of obligation, brings the mother to the city, where she creates havoc in the household with her country, pushy ways. When the father is accused of wrongdoing and things get a bit hectic in the household, his mother begs him to give the girl to the troski shrine in order to appease the gods. The mother is very much against it, because she is a Catholic, but the grandmother pushes and the son, sadly gives the girl to the shrines, where her ten plus year nightmare begins. At the shrines, she works. Of course, she cries, but gets virtually NO sympathy. She is made to work the fields and hate the men, who beat, rape and abuse them.most of the young girls outcomes are just horrible. Abebe ends up with a boy, but in desperation tries to drown herself and her son, only the son dies. She is rescued by a local organization that helps troski girls out of the lives they lived there and with time, she heals, moves to New York City where her mom lives but ends up making her own life. A great story. First, I felt terrible for the young girls that go through this. I had to ask the author if this truly exists and she said yes. I can only say that even though I may feel my life isn't the greatest, I'm grateful for it but I feel for the young girls who DO go through this. quite a thought provoking book.