Purple Hibiscus Wiley Deborah Falaye’s debut novel

Deborah Falaye’s debut novel

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how reputation both hinders and helps women in navigating social strata

it becomes a place of ghosts

Purple Hibiscus Wiley Deborah Falaye’s debut novelA haunting tale of an Africa and an adolescence undergoing tremendous changes from the talented bestseller and award winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Fifteen year old Kambili's world is circumscribed by the high walls of her family compound and the frangipani trees she can see from her bedroom window. Her wealthy Catholic father, although generous and well respected in the community, is repressive and fanatically religious at home. Her life is