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Purple hibiscus ebook by chimamanda ngozi adichie rakuten kobo. In purple hibiscus, she recounts the story of a young nigerian girl searching for freedom. For some, it comes in the form of physical violence. No grades were given, but there were oral exams each week. Larissa macfarquhar, the new yorker from the bestselling author of americanah and we should all be feminists fifteenyearold kambili and her older brother jaja lead a privileged life in enugu, nigeria.

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