SuitabookThe return
Sonia Levitin
- Reading
- Consider reading together or checking in after difficult sections. Let the reader set the pace, and pause to talk about what is known and what remains uncertain.
- Themes
- Discrimination and the search for safety: Desta’s family leaves Ethiopia amid discrimination and attempts to reach Israel by way of Sudan. The family’s flight is presented as a response to discrimination, but the broader treatment of prejudice and migration is unclear.
- Loss and responsibility: After Desta’s brother is killed during the journey, she takes the lead as the siblings continue. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes discrimination against a Jewish family, a dangerous journey and the death of Desta’s brother; these may make parts of the book emotionally difficult.