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It sounds like a depressing story, but it’s not. I could feel the gritty winds of the harmattan, and the bumpy, potholed roads between Enugu and Nsukka; see the blooming purple hibiscus and the dancing Mmuo spirits. A teenager finds her voice. It wasn’t a welcome to my world story; it was a slice of life that left it up to me to fit into her character’s lives. It is incredible! It wasn’t the book I originally was going to read by her but it was her first so naturally, I thought I would start at the beginning. Left me in tears.

The oppressive regime. She never said the word oppression.

[I was uncomfortable with the budding romantic relationship between him and Kambili, given not just their age gap but also their obvious gap in maturity and life experience “There are people, she once wrote, who think that we cannot rule ourselves because the few times we tried, we failed, as if all the others who rule themselves today got it right the first time. Beatrice even has t The story is told through Kambili's eyes and is essentially about the disintegration of her family unit and her struggle to grow to maturity. The balance is so joyous despite all of the terrible events that aren’t articulated but are still felt by the reader as if one were reading every word. Set in 1980s Nigeria Kambili, the protagonist of the story, is coming of age in an oppressive household and a dictatorial military regime.

The oppressive father.
Jaja takes the blame for the crime and ends up in prison. She learns to laugh. Kambili Achike, the narrator, is a fifteen-year-old girl living in Enugu, Nigeria with her father, Eugene (Papa), mother, Beatrice (Mama), and older brother, Chukwuku (Jaja). I actually had more trouble with the vocabulary of Catholicism, not being religious myself, and had to look up many of the terms. At the same time her own family struggles to keep their personal cracks sealed. Are they really just like us? I loved Adichie's inclusion of Igbo words, contextualised or explained so that I was never uncertain of their meaning. I felt so oppressed reading the book but then I realized that was her genius.

In Whilst not quite in the same league as ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ (‘Purple Hibiscus’ is neither as accomplished nor as ambitious in scope) – ‘Purple Hibiscus’ is nevertheless a very strong and affecting novel.Whilst not quite in the same league as ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ (‘Purple Hibiscus’ is neither as accomplished nor as ambitious in scope) – ‘Purple Hibiscus’ is nevertheless a very strong and affecting novel.I was pleased to open this book as one of the picks during a year + with the "Postal Book Swap F" group. I’ve never been to Nigeria. At the same time her own family struggles to keep their personal cracks sealed. Kambili's father, a man who values religion above all else, abuses Kambili and her brother, ignores their ailing pagan grandfather, and helps hundreds of poor people all at once.

Best Books by African American Writers. And were the beating intended to cause her miscarriages? It wasn’t the book I originally was going to read by her but it was her first so naturally, I thought I would start at the beginning. Is it for perceived not meeting his expectations?

What a comparison it made to the home of Aunty Ifeoma, where anything could be said and laughter filled the space. It practices a completely different form of Catholicism, making for a happy, liberal place that encourages its members to be inquisitive, form their own opinions and speak their minds. What a moving and intriguing story.

When Kambili and Jaja go to spend a week with their aunt and her children, they begin to see their father for what he is, and everything changes.A father/husband who is physically abusive, extremely authoritarian, rigidly Catholic, yet extremely generous toward his community drives the action of the novel. Previous.
This household offers a marked contrast to what Kambili and Jaja are used to. This one is about a Nigerian family who has its secret.


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