From the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, a dazzling new novel: a story of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria who face difficult choices and challenges in the countries they come to call home.As teenagers in a Lagos secondary school, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love.
Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are leaving the country if they can. Ifemelu—beautiful, self-assured—departs for America to study. She suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships and friendships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze—the quiet, thoughtful son of a professor—had hoped to join her, but post-9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London.Years later, Obinze is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria, while Ifemelu has achieved success as a writer of an eye-opening blog about race in America.
But when Ifemelu returns to Nigeria, and she and Obinze reignite their shared passion—for their homeland and for each other—they will face the toughest decisions of their lives.Fearless, gripping, at once darkly funny and tender, spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story set in today’s globalized world: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s most powerful and astonishing novel yet.
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When Agape meets Eros in our mixed world the outcome is IRRESISTIBLE!
‘Irresistible’ by Larry Liza has three books in one that encompasses all areas of life thus making it a very wholesome read. The whole book marks the journey Larry has made for all the 20 years and more he has written these poems. He was actually four years old when he jotted down his first poem. It’s like a journal of trial and tribulations, sorrow and happiness…
The first book ‘Agape Love’ opened up with ‘Abort Me Not’ and I knew it’s no jokes here. The book deals with this relationship we have with God/Source/higher self…our actions and how it affects the dynamics of the relationship. It documents fully how from time to time we flit in and our of that relationship, how sometimes we feel far away from source yet so near, how
The second book ‘Eros’ gets very amorous and otherworldly. Obviously my favorite part of the book 🙈🙈🙈 This is the point that more poems than not were very relatable and easily digestible without taking the power away. From unrequited love, to lost love, those bodily cravings, to question the worth of a certain relationship…Larry voices our thoughts out well. Truly love related things are universal. ‘Will You Still Be Mine’ remains my most favorite piece in this book.
The last book ‘Mixed Blessings’ goes farther out into the world as it touches on climate change, breast cancer, war, genocide, death, hunger and even Mandela has been immortalized here. The last poem on Rwanda left me palpitating 🥺
From some poems here I know understand why some people shy away from poetry. Coughs! They were like Greek. But overall I did understand and feel most.
Liza is definitely not afraid to go in deep and gave this book his all. This book was truly a labour of love from him to us.
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Book totally worth your time and money, it’ll nourish you in more ways than not. This was truly a mixed blessing!