Purple Hibiscus Book

The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili's world are defined by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her repressive and fanatically religious father. Her life is regulated by schedules: prayer sleep study and more prayer. ; When Nigeria begins to fall apart during a military coup Kambili's father involved mysteriously in the political crisis sends Kambili and her brother away to live with their aunt. In this house full of energy and laughter she discovers life and love - and a terrible bruising secret deep within her family. ; Centring on the promise of freedom and the pain and exhilaration of adolescence Purple Hibiscus is the extraordinary debut of a remarkable new talent. ; "A beautiful and often harrowing story." Observer Books of the Year ; "A sensitive and touching story of a child exposed too early to religious intolerance and the uglier side of the Nigerian state." J. M. Coetzee ; "Political brutality and domestic violence religion and witchcraft all merge with subtle force in this memorable novel. Chimammanda Ngozi Adichie uses childhood innocence to write Nigerian history with the eye of a family insider." Hugo Hamilton

Purple Hibiscus : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780007189885 : : 01 Aug 2005 : The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili's world are defined by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her fanatically religious father. Her life is regulated by schedules: prayer, sleep, study, prayer.