Americanah: A novel [B0380]

2014 PB with lots of orange and pink highlighting. A modern classic about star-crossed lovers that explores questions of race and being Black in America-and the search for what it means to call a place home. From the award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Half of a Yellow Sun. "An expansive, epic love story."-O, The Oprah Magazine. One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years. Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be Black for the first time. Quiet, thoughtful Obinze had hoped to join her, but with post–9/11 America closed to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. At once powerful and tender, Americanah is a remarkable novel that is "dazzling...funny and defiant, and simultaneously so wise." -San Francisco Chronicle.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "This book was so good - it gave a super unique immigrant perspective on America that was both very real and very funny."; "Worth the hype! Really good and interesting read which touched on so many different themes. Having read a lot about racial tensions in America I thought it would be similar content but really enjoyed main female characters blog entries and her perspective as a non American black and how that compares. The chapter on watching Obama coming into power too gave me the feels. Enjoyed learning about Nigerian culture too. Long book, but I didn't want it to end."