• Book Reviews,  Fiction

    Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    First Published in 2003Available formats: Audible (included in membership), paperback, hardback, Kindle UnlimitedBuy book HERE Book Review and Reflection Purple Hibiscus is not based on actual events, but reading it gives the impression that it could be. In this debut novel, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie delivers a profoundly intersectional and complex story of family life, domestic abuse, religion, self-discovery, and the consequences of political unrest and failing governments. Spanning 17 chapters, the story follows Kambili, a 15-year-old girl raised by a wealthy, abusive, religious fundamentalist father. Kambili lives with her older brother, Jaja, her resigned mother, and her domineering father, whom she calls Papa. Kambili struggles to find her voice and sense…