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Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus
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July 1, 2018
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July 29, 2018
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July Author Pick: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Samantha A
Mar 02, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
“It was what Aunty Ifeoma did to my cousins, I realized then, setting higher and higher jumps for them in the way she talked to them, in what she expected of them. She did it all the time believing they would scale the rod. And they did. It was different for Jaja and me. We did not scale the rod because we believed we could, we scaled it because we were terrified that we couldn't.”

This book was absolutely incredible. I have decided to read Adichie in publication order and considering this is he ...more
5 likes ·   · see review
Maya B
Jan 16, 2015 rated it liked it
This was an ok read and I felt some parts were long and drawn out. This book is my least favorite by this author.
3 likes ·   · see review
Mom2triplets04
Feb 10, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Read this for continental read along book club. The theme was read an Author from Africa. I chose to read this book of the many that were listed. This story is about a 15 year old girl who lives in Nigeria with her parents and brother. They are a wealthy highly Catholic family. However, her dad is abusive. The children go for a visit with their Aunt and they learn that she lives very poorly and very happily. So much different than they live. I would have given it 5 stars but the names and places ...more
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Kate
Nov 17, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: booker-prize
Hend
Nov 24, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: african-literature
Victoria (RedsCat)
Feb 12, 2014 marked it as tbr-nook
1 like · 
Caryl
Apr 09, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Kaytlin
Jan 05, 2015 marked it as to-read
Shelves: my-library, authors-of-color
Mom2triplets04
Feb 14, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: baileys-womans-prize
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Laura
Sep 20, 2015 marked it as to-read
Becky
Oct 05, 2015 marked it as to-read
Amy Quigley
Jun 12, 2024 rated it really liked it
Shelves: nigeria, audio-experiences
Megan P ☆
Apr 15, 2016 marked it as to-read
Keita Darling
Sep 17, 2016 marked it as to-read
Shelves: 0-kindle
Romanticbookworm
Jan 22, 2017 marked it as to-read
Louis Muñoz
Apr 05, 2017 marked it as to-read
Zulfiya
Jul 04, 2017 marked it as to-read
Mary
Feb 14, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Elias
Mar 06, 2018 marked it as to-read
Ula
Mar 15, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Penny Schmuecker
Mar 27, 2018 is currently reading it  ·  review of another edition
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Janina
May 16, 2018 marked it as to-read
Tippy
Jul 05, 2018 marked it as to-read
Cam
Sep 11, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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