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Residence of  :         Namrata Singhania

PURPLE HIBISCUS - CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE

Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. Their world is circumscribed by the high walls and frangipani trees of her family compound. Her wealthy Catholic father, while generous and politically active in the community, is repressive and fanatically religious at home.

When Nigeria begins to fall apart under a military coup, their father sends them away to stay with their aunt, a university professor, whose house is noisy and full of laughter. There, Kambili and her brother discover a life and love beyond the confines of their father’s authority. The visit will lift the silence from their world and, in time, give rise to devotion and defiance that reveal themselves in profound and unexpected ways.

This is a book about the promise of freedom; about the blurred lines between childhood and adulthood; between love and hatred, between the old gods and the new.

Purple Hibiscus is an exquisite novel about the emotional turmoil of adolescence, the powerful bonds of family, and the bright promise of freedom, while at the same time providing an interesting insight into the life and culture of Nigeria

Rachita Kapur   Rhodie Hakim