The last book I read is Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The story is narrated by the 15-year old Kambili who comes from a wealthy and prominent family in Nigeria. While everything looks ‘perfect’ on the outside, her Catholic father is repressive, tyrannical and fanatically religious at home.
While exploring the beautiful Mission District in San Francisco last summer, I walked into a bookstore and was immediately captured by the title, We Should All Be Feminists. I finished reading it that night and thought, ‘If I replace Nigeria with India in this book, that would exactly be the society I grew up in.’ Later, I also watched the Ted talk that was the basis for this book.
As I researched for more books by the author, everyone recommended Purple Hibiscus, the author’s debut novel that became my first book for 2018. The happenings in this book upset me a few times but I couldn’t stop reading it. There is so much I learnt from it like Nigerian customs, political instability, food and culture, catholic missionaries, and of course the purple hibiscus.
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