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"Things started to fall apart at home when my brother, Jaja, did not go to communion."
Purple HibiscusThat night when I bathed, with a bucket half full of rainwater, I did — Purple Hibiscus
"That night when I bathed, with a bucket half full of rainwater, I did not scrub my left hand, the hand that Father Amadi had held gently to slide the flower off my finger. I did not heat the water, either, because I was afraid that the heating coil would make the rainwater lose the scent of the sky. I sang as I bathed. There were more earthworms in the bathtub, and I left them alone, watching the water carry them and send them down the drain."
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus
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Purple Hibiscus is the 2003 debut novel by the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It follows Kambili Achike, a 15-year-old Nigerian teenage girl who struggles in the shadow of her father, Eugene. Eugene is a successful businessman, a beloved philanthropist, and a devout Catholic, who nevertheless violently abuses his family. A post-colonial novel, it received positive reviews upon publicati
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