The latest that I enjoyed was Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I started it in Feb. and had others I was also reading, so didn't get finished in the 14 days of check-out time. So I put it on hold and finally got to finish it last week. I highly recommend the audio version, with the Nigerian accents, as performed by Adjoa Andoh. It was 17 hours of listening pleasure. I also enjoyed Adichie's novel We Should All Be Feminists earlier this year..
I tried reading Anne Hillerman but didn't have much interest in a coming of age novel Cave of Bones...nor Rock with Wings which I'd read already in the past. I still like her father's work best.
I really liked Americanah, but Half of a Yellow Sun is just brilliant. Some of my Irish family were living in Nigeria during the Biafra war, one was working as a midwife and a distant cousin was eventually involved in flying people to safety at the dark of the night. He brought a young girl back to Ireland who had suffered terrible burns and my in laws looked after her until she was well enough to return. This was of course a long time before I married into that family but the stories were there and I always wanted to go and visit Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteI've seen Adjoa Andoh in many British televsion shows. She's really great.
ReplyDeleteSuper to hear! I love her reading!
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