Loved itHer other books, like Americana, smashed apart my brain and then put it back together with gold like Kinugi.
Americanah (1969)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive Americanah is a 2013 novel by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, for which Adichie won the 2013 U.S. National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Americanah tells the story of a young Nigerian woman, Ifemelu, who immigrates to the United States to attend university. The novel traces Ifemelu's life in both countries, threaded by her love story with high school classmate Obinze.
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- 496 pages
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Loved itI did really really enjoy Americanah and Purple Hibiscus as well but for me I think this is my this is my favorite
Loved itI'm really tempted by Americana at are for the time being for now they're going to be put on a case
Loved itthis book is fantastic I mean it's a love story but it's a love story with a lot more going on in it and I think if you haven't picked this one up you were really missing out on something