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Purple hibiscus : a novel by / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Summary:

Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They live in a beautiful house, with a caring family, and attend an exclusive missionary school. They're completely shielded from the troubles of the world. Yet, as Kambili reveals in her tender-voiced account, things are less perfect than they appear. Although her Papa is generous and well respected, he is fanatically religious and tyrannical at homea home that is silent and suffocating.As the country begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili and Jaja are sent to their aunt, a university professor outside the city, where they discover a life beyond the confines of their fathers authority. Books cram the shelves, curry and nutmeg permeate the air, and their cousins laughter rings throughout the house. When they return home, tensions within the family escalate, and Kambili must find the strength to keep her loved ones together.Purple Hibiscus is an exquisite novel about the emotional turmoil of adolescence, the powerful bonds of family, and the bright promise of freedom.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780345807526
  • Physical Description: 307 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: Vintage Canada edition, 2013.
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.

Content descriptions

Additional Physical Form available Note:
Issued also in an electronic format.
Subject:
Aunts.
Children of the rich.
Coups e'tat.
Fathers and daughters.
Religious fanaticism.
Siblings.
Teenage girls.
Siblings.
Nigeria.
Genre:
Novels.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

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