![]() ![]() the kind of book that should have come with a cold compress kit. Powerful and heartbreaking, Under the Udala Trees is a deeply moving commentary on identity, prejudice, and forbidden love ( BuzzFeed).Īn important and timely read, imbued with both political ferocity and mythic beauty. Inspired by Nigeria s folktales and its war, Chinelo Okparanta shows us, in graceful and precise prose ( New York Times Book Review), how the struggles and divisions of a nation are inscribed on the souls of its citizens. ![]() ![]() 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. They are from different ethnic communities. Sent away to safety, she meets another displaced child and they, star-crossed, fall in love. Born before independence, she is eleven when civil war breaks out in the young republic of Nigeria. NPR * BuzzFeed * Bustle * Shelf Awareness * Publishers Lunch A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice ![]()
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