Praise Song for the Butterflies by Bernice L. McFaddenMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Found this novel on the Millions list and it will remain with me as one of the most memorable things I read this year. It is about a young woman who grows up, initially happy, in West Africa. When her family falls on hard times, tradition urges her father to sell her to a shrine, where she is left, confused, to a life of servitude and abuse. Ultimately she escapes, but not before her childhood is over. After resuming a new life in the United States, she struggles to reconcile with family and with her own past.
The writing of this book was uneven - sometimes written as a YA book, in other places, deeper, and in other places rushed. Perhaps different editing would have created a better work product. That aside, the story was fascinating and memorable.
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