The Book of Fire by Christy Lefteri
This book is so good that I could not stop reading.
A family lives a simple life in a little Greek village. Their life goes up in flames when a fire breaks out, running to avoid the flames, swimming to hang on to a piece of wood.
I was inspired by how they survived and how they tried to build a new life despite the little hope the future has for them. They gave me hope that it is possible to see the very little moments of light and hope and joy by telling stories and singing little songs they remembered,
Joke Baljeu, December, 2023
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Thank you Joke for the inviting introduction to this book. It sounds to me like another confirmation that the most important thing in life is not what happens, but rather, how we see.