In Half of a Yellow Sun, award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie chronicles the years leading up to the Nigerian Biafran war in the 1960s through the eyes of three main characters. Neha and Shruti explore the interactions between households and families in a time of immense political upheaval. We discuss the impact of the book, and more broadly, how these stories are told and how we interact with these texts.

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Shelf Discovery:

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Shruti - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Neha - Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo, and Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

*Content warning: physical violence, sexual assault

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