By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie...FINALLY finished this book today...I had heard an author discussion on World Book Club through BBC Podcast and felt like it was something I would enjoy...after all I have read the memoir A LONG WAY GONE...and this book, while fiction, may shed some more light on some of the conflicts in Africa, which I know very little about. This is a fictional account of Biafra's struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria. The characters are well developed and you find yourself on the roller coaster ride of your life...this is effecting the characters in a variety of ways. They witness horrors and yet go through life in other ways so normally. I especially loved Ugwu the house boy and his struggles being from a village, yet also getting an education that somewhat removes him from his village life. Highly recommend this book! I am anxious to read more by this author.
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she is an amazing author.
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