Fifteen year old Kambili and her brother Jaja are products of a privileged home ruled with an iron fist by their father, a wealthy Nigerian businessman and fanatical Catholic. Following a military coup they are sent to stay with their aunt, a struggling university teacher, and her three outspoken children; in their company Kambili and Jaja experience a wholly different sort of family life. A beautifully written consideration of freedom against repression, and love against fear.
(Siobhan Thomson - bwl 57 Summer 2010 ) |
