Purple Hibiscus (work by Adichie)
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About This Novel
He slowly poured hot water on my feet, as if he was conducting an experiment. When I was a kid, the hibiscus flowers in the front yard were all red. A schedule drawn by my father is pinned to the wall, with time quotas for studying, lunch breaks, eating, praying, and sleeping. From the second grade to the fifth grade, every time we made a mistake, my father would ask my brother and me to break branches. We always choose pine because its branches are more resilient and are not as painful to fight as the branches of catalpa or avocado. But this time, there were no branches in the bathroom, only a green kettle for boiling water... Others said that Dad was the most upright and brave man. During the coup in Nigeria, Dad published an editorial in the newspaper, saying that he would never stop writing about freedom and truth. Kang Bili, a fifteen-year-old girl, also wants to plant a purple hibiscus that embodies freedom.
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