Purple Hibiscus (Paperback) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

from bfertig

A beautifully told story of the dualities within family and country, told from the perspective of teenage girl Kambili in Nigeria. Briefly, Kambili's youthful world deconstructs through a combination of external conflict such as the fallout from Nigeria's Civil War, and familial conflict centered...

from Lunarreader

A magnificent book, with much "couleur locale" as Igbo words are inserted throughout the text without disturbing the readability. A young girls point of view on relations with her family, especially her brother and father, described so realistic without unnecessary emotions that it becomes very s...

from lauralkeet

Kimbali is the 15-year-old daughter of a wealthy Nigerian businessman. Her father, Eugene, is adored by the community for his philanthropy. Their home is spacious, luxuriously furnished, and immaculate. But within his home Eugene rules with an iron hand, guided by his fanatical religious beliefs....

from rainpebble

This is a beautifully written novel that drew me in from the beginning. It is written in a manner that enables the reader to smile, cringe, weep, gasp, whatever at all the right times. It is about a family in Nigeria that from the outside looks absolutely glowingly perfect but on the inside is sh...

from lit_chick

"Fear. I was familiar with fear, yet each time I felt it, it was never the same as the other times, as though it came in different flavors and colors." (196) Kambili Achike, the fifteen-year-old protagonist of Purple Hibiscus, and her older brother, Jaja, lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria....