{"product_id":"687","title":"Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie","description":"\u003cp\u003eNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • From the award-winning, bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists—a haunting story of love and war. • Recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction “Winner of Winners” award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHalf of a Yellow Sun is a tremendously evocative novel of the promise, hope, and disappointment of the Biafran war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weathering The Storm Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Buy it Now","offer_id":44078410530894,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2133\/3326\/files\/PXL_20260807_192504332.jpg?v=1786740290","url":"https:\/\/wtsbookstore.com\/products\/687","provider":"Weathering The Storm Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}