- Young women, Lesbian teenagers, Refugees, Nigerians
Ijeoma, a young Nigerian girl displaced during their civil war, begins a powerful love affair with another refugee girl from a different ethnic community. When the pair are discovered, they must learn the cost of living a lie amidst taboos and prejudices. Even as her nation contends with and recovers from the effects of war and division, Ijeoma seeks a glimmer of hope for a future where a woman might just be able to shape her life around truth and love.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and prestige.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Chinelo Okparanta
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 332
- Publisher
- Granta Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Blackstone on Brilliance Audio
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781721329892
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