Little-known British author, Chris Cleave has caught the attention of Australian actress, Nicole Kidman with his book The Other Hand.
The Other Hand, published in the USA and Canada as Little Bee, sold just 3,000 copies when the 
hardcover edition was released last year. However as word spreads, readers are adding it to their personal libraries - over 100,000 copies have sold in the UK in the past two months.
Britain’s Sunday Times reports that Nicole Kidman, who read the book on a recent flight from Los Angeles to Australia, is so eager to star in a film adaptation, that she’s competing with several film studios to secure rights to the book.
The Other Hand is the story of a 14-year-old Nigerian girl, Little Bee who travels to Britain looking for a middle-class woman called Sarah. The synopsis reads:
WE DON’T WANT TO TELL YOU TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS BOOK.
It is a truly special story and we don’t want to spoil it.
Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this:
It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific.
The story starts there, but the book doesn’t.
And it’s what happens afterward that is most important.
A First Edition copy of The Other Hand, signed by Chris Cleave.
Once you have read it, you’ll want to tell everyone about it. When you do, please don’t tell them what happens either. The magic is in how it unfolds.
Signaling the growing popularity of author Chris Cleave, today’s Evening Standard features the article, Chris Cleave, the London novelist taking the world by storm.
Signed, First Edition copies of The Other Hand and Little Bee are still available at reasonable cost - prices start around US $30.00.
