Little Bee is a Nigerian girl who meets Sarah and her husband Andrew on a beach in Nigeria where they have gone for a vacation. She and her sister are being chased by men from the oil company who have murdered everyone in their village. Little Bee survives the ordeal and escapes to England where she eventually finds Sarah. She and Sarah help each other deal with the deaths that have torn apart their families. Little Bee is eventually deported, and Sarah goes with her to Nigeria to collect the stories of the women there. Tragedy strikes again, and the novel ends with Little Bee at peace with her fate.
