Purple Hibiscus is the story of Kambili, a self-effacing teenage girl coming of age in Eastern Nigeria. Living in sheltered privilege, and at once in awe and fear of her fanatic, violent father, Kambili world starts to fall apart after she and her brother are sent from home to briefly visit an aunt and cousins. There, they learn about love and laughter, and so return to their strict, silent home forever changed.... Internationally acclaimed, winner of The Commonwealth Writers Prize for the Best First Book in 2005, Pur ple Hibiscus marked the debut of an astonishing literary talent. Purple Hibiscus is now on the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) list for Literature.