Purple Hibiscus: A Novel

Synopsis

“one of the most vital and original novelists of her generation. ” —larissa macfarquhar, the new yorker from the bestselling author of americanah and we should all be feminists fifteen-year-old kambili and her older brother jaja lead a privileged life in enugu, nigeria. They live in a beautiful house, with a caring family, and attend an exclusive missionary school. They're completely shielded from the troubles of the world. Yet, as kambili reveals in her tender-voiced account, things are less perfect than they appear.