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A review by outer_books
Red Leaves by Sita Brahmachari
5.0
5/5 Stars
I love this book. It was immensely touching and...beautiful.
It spoke about three children, Aisha, Zak, and Iona, who are struggling with their difficulties in their lives and wound up together by the woods, past war, and an old lady.
Aisha is a Muslim refugee from Somalia. She was taken care of in a foster home by a carer Liliana and felt safe in her new life with the carer until news that she would be adopted crushed all the happiness within her.
Zak lives in a house that's been renovated while coping with the separation of his parents and the 'unheard' of his brother while being taken care of by a Sri Lanka carer.
Iona's family has fallen apart. She had escaped from it and lived on the streets with her dog Red. Escaping from herself as well.
The book has spoken about something that everyone should be reminded of. It talks about that in this planet of ours, people have been living, and still are, within wars, crimes and had to leave their homes to move into another unknown place with people of different culture and religion. It spoke about why we don't think about the people on the streets and ask how did they end up like what they ended up now. It spoke about how we don't think about the past and history of places, buildings, and streets. What happened in the past before we were welcomed into this world.
The book was full of life and reality of the life we're living.
I like how the characters all laughed, cried and just be human around each other despite their differences. It was such a moving part for me that it almost made me cry.
The author was brilliant with the concept of how these three children bumped into each other, slowly trusting one another and become friends. I love the idea, it was unrealistic but realistic at the same time.
The very thing that made me love this book, other than the topic of human rights, was the reminding of how we should be grateful for what we have and where we are. Some are desperate to have what we have, so we should pause think about the things that kept us going in our lives.
This was a great read for me and I highly recommend it.
I love this book. It was immensely touching and...beautiful.
It spoke about three children, Aisha, Zak, and Iona, who are struggling with their difficulties in their lives and wound up together by the woods, past war, and an old lady.
Aisha is a Muslim refugee from Somalia. She was taken care of in a foster home by a carer Liliana and felt safe in her new life with the carer until news that she would be adopted crushed all the happiness within her.
Zak lives in a house that's been renovated while coping with the separation of his parents and the 'unheard' of his brother while being taken care of by a Sri Lanka carer.
Iona's family has fallen apart. She had escaped from it and lived on the streets with her dog Red. Escaping from herself as well.
The book has spoken about something that everyone should be reminded of. It talks about that in this planet of ours, people have been living, and still are, within wars, crimes and had to leave their homes to move into another unknown place with people of different culture and religion. It spoke about why we don't think about the people on the streets and ask how did they end up like what they ended up now. It spoke about how we don't think about the past and history of places, buildings, and streets. What happened in the past before we were welcomed into this world.
The book was full of life and reality of the life we're living.
I like how the characters all laughed, cried and just be human around each other despite their differences. It was such a moving part for me that it almost made me cry.
The author was brilliant with the concept of how these three children bumped into each other, slowly trusting one another and become friends. I love the idea, it was unrealistic but realistic at the same time.
The very thing that made me love this book, other than the topic of human rights, was the reminding of how we should be grateful for what we have and where we are. Some are desperate to have what we have, so we should pause think about the things that kept us going in our lives.
This was a great read for me and I highly recommend it.