![]() ![]() ![]() I think my favourite aspect of the book has got to be the characters and the way they each influence Kambili in a unique way. Until, that is, life throws Kambili and her brother into the life of their Aunty, the brilliant Ifeoma, and her spirited children. Her father is the sun around which her family revolves and having an identity of her own isn’t just something she isn’t allowed, it’s a concept that would never even have occurred to her. I describe her in this decidedly non-feminist way because this is how she appears to see herself for much of the book. ![]() One of the most engaging, vivid and interesting books I’ve read for a long time, Purple Hibiscus is an incredible ‘coming-of-age’ story about fifteen year old Kambili, daughter of a wealthy Nigerian businessman. ![]()
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