{"product_id":"hlf-of-a-yll","title":"Half of a Yellow Sun (PB)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the award-winning, bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAmericanah\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWe Should All Be Feminists\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—a haunting story of love and war. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRecipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction “Winner of Winners” award.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith effortless grace, celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in southeastern Nigeria during the late 1960s. We experience this tumultuous decade alongside five unforgettable characters: Ugwu, a thirteen-year-old houseboy who works for Odenigbo, a university professor full of revolutionary zeal; Olanna, the professor’s beautiful young mistress who has abandoned her life in Lagos for a dusty town and her lover’s charm; and Richard, a shy young Englishman infatuated with Olanna’s willful twin sister Kainene.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHalf of a Yellow Sun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a tremendously evocative novel of the promise, hope, and disappointment of the Biafran war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Friends Of The Mill Valley Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51225580011751,"sku":null,"price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/3397\/3991\/files\/41aRmSxAUDL._AC_UY218_029156d5-ac04-4d21-aeea-d4e6d6f5210a.jpg?v=1772920654","url":"https:\/\/friendsmvl.org\/products\/hlf-of-a-yll","provider":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}