![]() ![]() When Ijeoma felt pain and grief because Amma (her first love) was ignoring her and then decided to break it off with her, I felt the heartbreak too. ![]() When Ijeoma was in hiding with other women from the church community, I felt her fear. As a reader, I felt invested in the first-person narrative and could imagine Ijeoma’s surroundings with clear, detailed descriptions and her use of local Igbo language. The language Okparanta uses to set the scene creates a detailed picture of the environment and characters which make the novel that bit more addictive. Chinelo Okparanta’s first novel is truly captivating and I couldn’t put it down, it has a quietly powerful presence and I’d highly recommend it. A vividly written and deeply insightful novel about a young girl who loses her father, lives through the Nigerian war and who must come to terms with her lesbian sexuality in a homophobic society. ![]()
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