The lotus Eaters

In the Book The Lotus Eaters By Tatjana Soli, the main character Helen is walking down through a desert town when she noticed a starved child crying. Having a photographers eye; she is about to take advantage of this opportunity and snap a shot when a bicyclist speeds towards the girl. Running up to her and pulling her out of the way, Helen then can not seem to get a word out of the starved child about where her momma is. Picking up the girl covered in urine, with nothing to cloth her but a shirt, she stands there for 15 minutes until an angry mother finally comes to retrieve the child. I really like this book even though I am not very far in it. From the first sentence it grabs at the readers attention, with words of death and time running out. I cannot wait to see what happens next.