Miss Burma
By Charmaine Craig.
Don't bother reading this one! OMG. It had such a good premise: Burma in 1939, and a young Jewish man marries a young Karen women in Rangoon.They have children and live through the days of Burma becoming a nation and the majority Burmese systematically wiping out various ethnic minorities, including the Karen people. Their daughter becomes Miss Burma, and then goes on to become a movie star. She marries one of the leaders of the Karen revolution, and when he is killed, she takes on his leadership role to try and free her people.
OMG, so BORING! On and on about the politics. I skimmed through most of the last part of the novel, just to see if anything happened. But the novel could have been half the length and left out all the political stuff and had more of the human drama aspect.
Rating: 1/5
Recommendation: NO!!
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