"If you\'ve ever wondered if love can conquer all, readthis] stunning coming-of-age debut." -- Marie Claire A New York Times Book Review Editors\' Choice Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR * BuzzFeed * Bustle * Shelf Awareness * Publishers Lunch " This] love story has hypnotic power."-- The New Yorker Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does.
Born before independence, she is eleven when civil war breaks out. "If you\'ve ever wondered if love can conquer all, readthis] stunning coming-of-age debut." -- Marie Claire A New York Times Book Review Editors\' Choice Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR * BuzzFeed * Bustle * Shelf Awareness * Publishers Lunch " This] love story has hypnotic power."-- The New Yorker Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does