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One day in 1968 at the height of the Biafran civil war Ijeoma's father is killed and her world is transformed forever. Separated from her grief-stricken mother she meets another young lost girl Amina and the two become inseparable. Theirs is a relationship that will shake the foundations of Ijeoma's faith test her resolve and flood her heart. In this masterful novel of faith love and redemption Okparanta takes us from Ijeoma's childhood in war-torn Biafra through the perils and pleasures of her blossoming uality her wrong turns and into the everyday sorrows and joys of marriage and motherhood. As we journey with Ijeoma we are drawn to the question: what is the value of love and what is the cost?
TITLE: Under the Udala Trees
AUTHOR: Chinelo Okparanta
SKU: 9781847088383
PUBLISHER: Granta Books
DATE PUBLISHED: 05/01/2017
PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom
PAGES: 336
BINDING: Paperback / softback
LANGUAGE: English
DIMENSIONS: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
WEIGHT: 237 gr