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Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun
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January 15, 2022
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February 15, 2022
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January 2022 selection for prize-winning book set in Africa.

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Jen
May 04, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, africa, war-related, married-life, z-2013-read, around-the-world
A tale set around the Nigerian-Biafran War in the 1960's, as seen through the eyes of 3 different, but interconnected characters--a boy from the village, a beauty from a rich family, and a white Englishman. We see them in their lives and interpersonal dramas before the conflict begins, then into the troubles and horrors that the war brings. Adichie writes beautifully and creates characters that you want to follow, in spite of the harrowing circumstances they have to endure. And I learned some hi ...more
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Jim
Mar 10, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 1001-bymrbyd, fiction, africa, craziness
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