Purple hibiscus : a novel
by
 
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-

Title
: 
Purple hibiscus : a novel

Author
: 
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-

ISBN
: 
9781400076949
 
9780007189885

Personal Author
: 
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-

Edition
: 
1st Anchor Books ed.

Publication Information
: 
New York : Anchor Books, 2004.

Physical Description
: 
307 pages ; 21 cm

Abstract
: 
Growing up in a wealthy Nigerian home under the domain of a harsh, demanding, and tyrannical father, Kambili and her brother, Jaja, find new happiness during a visit to their Aunty Ifeoma outside the city, but as Kambili enjoys her newfound freedom and falls in love for the first time, the country begins to fall apart under a military coup.

Subject Term
: 
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
 
Children of the rich -- Fiction.
 
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
 
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
 
Religious fanaticism -- Fiction.
 
Coups d'état -- Fiction.
 
Aunts -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
: 
Nigeria -- Fiction.

Electronic Access
: 
Sample text http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random052/2004051629.html
 
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random056/2004051629.html
 
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random052/2004051629.html


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