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Much food for thought and interesting topics, but partly dragging and a mixture of fiction and non-fiction.
Taking place in Nigeria, the USA and England we follow the lives of two young Nigerians, Ifemelu and Obinze who long for a better life but also want more than anything to be together. Unfortunately things don't go as planned and ultimately they both follow different paths and don't meet again for about fifteen years. I thought the author wrote a compelling story about being a foreigner and a person of color trying to fit into the American and English societies. I found it thought provoking and
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Americanah was on the first shelf as soon as I came into the bookstore. The blurb at the back intrigued me and by the third page I was laughing at Ifemelu's blog post titles and I knew I had to read more of it. I'm surprised at myself for not having read Adichie's work earlier! I finished the majority of it in a week and wrapped up the last 50 pages this weekend. This was one of those books I had to finish reading above everything else because it was so absorbing and I needed to know what happen
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