307 p. Audience: General/trade. This is a tight and clean copy, that has

307 p. Audience: General/trade. This is a tight and clean copy, that has never been read; and is rated as Very Good due to page tanning (which appears to be common with this edition); in a Fine, as New, dust jacket. A U.K. First Edition-First Printing with a full number line that begins with a 1. There is a First Estate bookplate laid in which contains the Signature of Award-Winning Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. "Purple Hibiscus" is set in postcolonial Nigeria, a country beset by political instability and economic difficulties. The novel's story is told through central character Kambili Achike, age fifteen, and is essentially about the disintegration of her family unit and her struggle to grow to maturity. "Purple Hibiscus" won a number of literary awards, such as the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award 2004-Best Debut Fiction Category, and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2005: Best First Book (Africa) and Best First Book (overall). Rest assured, this collectible copy is well protected in an archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.