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** spoiler alert ** This book was hard to read, because there is so much trauma seeping through every page. The best example of it is Aster. I started out pitying her because she was a woman who lost her son and so she abused the little girl brought into her home. Then the story reveals her past. She was a child bride raped into a twisted version of womanhood. She cannot stand the little girl Hirut, not only because she came on the anniversary of her son's death, but also because Hirut's a little older than Aster was when she was "married." She's worried, turns out for good reason, that her husband is trying to replace her. Instead of turning her anger on her abuser-husband, Aster directs it at the one in her power and whips Hirut when she steals the wedding necklace Kidane wore on their "wedding" night. The characters are very complex, but I don't know if I can rate this higher than a 3. If it stays with me, I will come back and rate it higher.