Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini

BATB score: 9/10 🥺

Beautifully written; bites your core with only 48 pages.

Best as: this short masterpiece was in remembrance of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian refugee who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea trying to reach safety in Europe in September 2015; come on, you remember that image with the tiny baby boy face down washed ashore? that's him. All proceeds of this book goes to UNHCR.

Best for: Khaled Hosseini's diehard fans. Hosseini is definitely something - how is it even possible for someone to compose something so painful and heart struck with just a few words?

Best to: 'life's tough' comes in unimaginable shape and form - there are thousands of refugees who have perished at sea fleeing war and persecution

Random note: and now my Khaled Hosseini's collection is complete.