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“If you’ve ever wondered if love can conquer all, read [this] stunning coming-of-age debut.” — Marie Claire

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
 
Named a Best Book of the Year by
NPR * BuzzFeed * Bustle * Shelf Awareness * Publishers Lunch
 
“[This] love story has hypnotic power.”—The New Yorker
 
Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does. Born before independence, she is eleven when civil war breaks out in the young republic of Nigeria. Sent away to safety, she meets another displaced child and they, star-crossed, fall in love. They are from different ethnic communities. They are also both girls. But when their love is discovered, Ijeoma learns that she will have to hide this part of herself—and there is a cost to living inside a lie.

Inspired by Nigeria’s folktales and its war, Chin

Under the Udala Trees

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    A Paperback / softback by Chinelo Okparanta

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      Publisher: Mariner Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/09/2016
      ISBN13: 9780544811799, 978-0544811799
      ISBN10: 0544811798

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      “If you’ve ever wondered if love can conquer all, read [this] stunning coming-of-age debut.” — Marie Claire

      A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
       
      Named a Best Book of the Year by
      NPR * BuzzFeed * Bustle * Shelf Awareness * Publishers Lunch
       
      “[This] love story has hypnotic power.”—The New Yorker
       
      Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does. Born before independence, she is eleven when civil war breaks out in the young republic of Nigeria. Sent away to safety, she meets another displaced child and they, star-crossed, fall in love. They are from different ethnic communities. They are also both girls. But when their love is discovered, Ijeoma learns that she will have to hide this part of herself—and there is a cost to living inside a lie.

      Inspired by Nigeria’s folktales and its war, Chin

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