A haunting story of love and war from â??one of the worldâ??s great contemporary writersâ? (Barack Obama), the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists.

With 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 professorâ??s beautiful young mistress who has abandoned her life in Lagos for a dusty town and her loverâ??s charm; and Richard, a shy young Englishman infatuated with Olannaâ??s willful twin sister Kainene. Half of a Yellow Sun is a tremendously evocative novel of the promise, hope, and disappointment of the Biafran war.

Recommended to book clubs by 4 of 4 members.