● Audiobook
● Nigerian author
● Originally published in 2013
● Setting: Initially in Trenton, NJ, then Lagos, Nigeria
● Ifemelu chooses to return to Nigeria after 15 years in America● Nigerian author
● Originally published in 2013
● Setting: Initially in Trenton, NJ, then Lagos, Nigeria
Review: Once again I am impressed by Adichie's writing. In some ways it felt as though I had read multiple novels at once, so completely developed are the varying threads and themes of her story. I can describe the themes of the novel as racism, immigration, thwarted love, cross-cultural reality, or simply as a metaphor for the journey of life, of love, of humanity. Let's face it. There is nothing new about being human, but Adichie describes it really well. The protagonist's journey from Nigeria to the USA and back to Nigeria was punctuated by her insightful and often cutting observations of ridiculous and/or offensive behavior on the part of others. Ouch! Good read!!
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