Purple Hibiscus is a powerful debut novel from Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche. Set in Nigeria, the novel tells the story of 15 year old Kambili and her brother Jaja, growing up in fear of their strictly religious father.
He is a rich and powerful man and Kambili wants nothing more than to please him. She has no thoughts of her own that are not dictated by her father. When she visits her aunt and cousins, she gets her first taste of freedom and begins to question the narrow confines of her life.
It is a brutally powerful coming of age story, wonderfully told against the background of Nigeria's military coup. This is a book that will linger long after the last page has been read.
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