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Main Point Books Presents: Fiction Reading Group: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah was picked as one of The New York Times's Ten Best Books of the Year and a winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, as well as Goodreads Best of the Year pick. A powerful, tender story of race and identity, 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. Join us for what is sure to be a stimulating discussion of this award winning book.


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