Purple hibiscus
Subtitle: a novel by
By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Edition: Vintage Canada edition, 2013.
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780345807526
Copyright date: 2003
Subjects: Teenage girls; Fiction; Children of the rich; Brothers and sisters; Fathers and daughters; Religious fanatacism; Coups d'état; Aunts
Description: In the city of Egunu, Nigeria, fifteen year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a somewhat cloistered life. Their father is a wealthy businessman, they live in a beautiful home, and attend private school. But, through Kambili's eyes, we see that their home life is anything but harmonious. Her father, a fanatically religious man has impossible expectations of his children and his wife, and if things don't go his way he becomes physically abusive. Not until Kambili and Jaja are sent away from home for the very first time to visit their loving aunt, does Kambili's world begin to blossom. But when a military coup threatens to destroy the country, the tension in her family's home escalates, and Kambili must find the strength to keep her loved ones together.
Notes: Issued also in an electronic format.