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The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean
4.0

Wow this book is enjoying and getting. A look into human trafficking/enslavement and what one woman has to ensure.

Jane (not her real name) is Vietnamese woman and a slave to a farmer named Lenn. He's a cruel man... Burns her already few possessions for infractions/slights to him. Every month, for one week.... She gets a room to herself. Then it's back in his bed.

When she falls pregnant and ge8t daughter Huong arrives, she vows that her daughter is here and hers alone and will not let Lenn have power over her.

When a second woman is captured and brought to the farm- Jane finally sees a chance to change her life.

This was so sad. It gave me feelings of claustrophobia as most of the story takes place in a small house. I feel every fear Jane did.