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Kambili is a teenaged girl raised in Enugu Nigeria with her older brother in a brutal, violent and strictly Catholic household at the hands of her tormented father. When civil unrest erupts, Kambili and JaJa are sent to stay with their father's sister, a university professor who doesn't observe the same fundamentalist Christian lifestyle. Their exposure to a different way of living brings things out in both of them that neither expects. How ca...read more
Much more than i expected, this book dives into issues deeper than just domestic abuse, I never wanted it to end
Love it! Will always recommend. The writing is pure and gentle that the story doesn't read as tragic as it really is. Read it in high school for literature and it has always stayed with me
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