{"product_id":"9780007356492_americanah","title":"Americanah","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e**Pre-order DREAM COUNT, the searing, exquisite new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie now!**\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A delicious, important novel’\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Alert, alive and gripping’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Some novels tell a great story and others make you change the way you look at the world. Americanah does both’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. The self-assured Ifemelu departs for America. There she suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze had hoped to join her, but post-9\/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirteen years later, Obinze is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria, while Ifemelu has achieved success as a blogger. But after so long apart and so many changes, will they find the courage to meet again, face to face?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning ‘Americanah’ is a richly told story of love and expectation set in today’s globalized world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284767654037,"sku":"9780007356492","price":16.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007356492.jpg?v=1776992103","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007356492_americanah","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}