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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
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De los tres libros africanos que he leído este mes (de momento), este es el que más os recomiendo. Los personajes y la historia son fantásticos, pero además es el que más me ha ayudado a ver y entender la vida en Nigeria. De verdad, echadle un vistazo. También se ha publicado en castellano y está disponible en muchas bibliotecas, así que no hay excusa :) Y yo lo que tengo muy claro es que leeré algo más de la autora.
Amor infinito por el padre Amadi.
So this book is probably for most people 4 or 5 stars. It was for me a book that just told a story and I'm use to reading books that are plot driven. However, it's still a powerful coming of age story that is sometimes difficult to read. It's only 307 pages but it took me nearly two months to read. Parts of the book, where Kambili lives with her aunt, meets her grandparents, moments when she is free of father's tyrannical rule and physical abuse are the best parts of this book.
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Sep 05, 2016
Katya Podkovyroff
marked it as to-read
Shelves:
historical-fiction,
npr-recommendations
Jun 07, 2018
E
marked it as to-buy
