{"product_id":"purple-hibiscus-9781616202415","title":"Purple Hibiscus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the most vital and original novelists of her generation.\" --Larissa MacFarquhar, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAmericanah\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe Should All Be Feminists\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They live in a beautiful house, with a caring family, and attend an exclusive missionary school. They're completely shielded from the troubles of the world. Yet, as Kambili reveals in her tender-voiced account, things are less perfect than they appear. Although her Papa is generous and well respected, he is fanatically religious and tyrannical at home--a home that is silent and suffocating. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the country begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili and Jaja are sent to their aunt, a university professor outside the city, where they discover a life beyond the confines of their father's authority. Books cram the shelves, curry and nutmeg permeate the air, and their cousins' laughter rings throughout the house. When they return home, tensions within the family escalate, and Kambili must find the strength to keep her loved ones together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePurple Hibiscus\u003c\/i\u003e is an exquisite novel about the emotional turmoil of adolescence, the powerful bonds of family, and the bright promise of freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into thirty languages and has appeared in various publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe O. Henry Prize Stories 2003\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eZoetrope\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003ePurple Hibiscus\u003c\/i\u003e, her first novel, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award. Her novel \u003ci\u003eHalf of a Yellow Sun\u003c\/i\u003e won the Orange Broadband Prize and was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and a \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year; her novel \u003ci\u003eAmericanah\u003c\/i\u003e won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her story collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Thing Around Your Neck\u003c\/i\u003e, was the winner of the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. A recipient of a 2008 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575482061074,"sku":"9781616202415","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1b299f03-9556-4ffb-ad3e-da0ec74cfe77.jpg?v=1731982558","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/purple-hibiscus-9781616202415","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}