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Hum If You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais
4.0
"Some good-byes are as gentle and inevitable as sunset, while some blindside you like a collision you didn't see coming. Some good-byes are schoolyard bullies you are powerless to stop, while others punctuate the end of a relationship because you decided: enough. Some are heartbreaking, leaving you a little more damaged than you were before, while others set you free."
A nine-year-old white girl named Robin becomes an orphan during the Soweto uprising in South Africa in the 1970's. Her Aunt takes her in, but quickly realizes that her lifestyle and job keep her from being the person and parent she needs to be for Robin. Enter in Beauty, a Xhosa woman looking for her daughter lost in a protest during the uprising. Beauty and Robin's Aunt come to an understanding, Beauty will look after Robin while she works as a flight attendant and Beauty can get her work permit to continue her search for her lost daughter. Hum If You Don't Know the Words was a beautifully woven story filled with memorable characters and breathtaking writing. I was fully immersed in the story with a history that I knew nothing about and I will think about it often. 4/5🌟
A nine-year-old white girl named Robin becomes an orphan during the Soweto uprising in South Africa in the 1970's. Her Aunt takes her in, but quickly realizes that her lifestyle and job keep her from being the person and parent she needs to be for Robin. Enter in Beauty, a Xhosa woman looking for her daughter lost in a protest during the uprising. Beauty and Robin's Aunt come to an understanding, Beauty will look after Robin while she works as a flight attendant and Beauty can get her work permit to continue her search for her lost daughter. Hum If You Don't Know the Words was a beautifully woven story filled with memorable characters and breathtaking writing. I was fully immersed in the story with a history that I knew nothing about and I will think about it often. 4/5🌟