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Purple Hibiscus (Anchor Books) (Paperback)
$12.65 - Save $2.29 (15%) - RRP $14.94 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Purple HibiscusA promising new voice from Nigeria delivers an exquisite and powerful first novel about a 15-year-old Nigerian woman who is awakening at a time when both her country and family are on the cusp of change.
Full description- Publisher: Random House USA Inc
- Published: 01 March 2005
- Format: Paperback 320 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9781400076949 ISBN 10: 1400076943
- Sales rank: 91,300
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Full description for Purple Hibiscus
Fifteen-year-old Kambili's world is circumscribed by the high walls and frangipani trees of her family compound. Her wealthy Catholic father, under whose shadow Kambili lives, while generous and politically active in the community, is repressive and fanatically religious at home.When Nigeria begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili's father sends her and her brother away to stay with their aunt, a University professor, whose house is noisy and full of laughter. There, Kambili and her brother discover a life and love beyond the confines of their father's authority. The visit will lift the silence from their world and, in time, give rise to devotion and defiance that reveal themselves in profound and unexpected ways. This is a book about the promise of freedom; about the blurred lines between childhood and adulthood; between love and hatred, between the old gods and the new.
