Americanah fenimore Kerri ní Dochartaigh was born

Kerri ní Dochartaigh was born in Derry at the very height of the Troubles

Sosa Villada blends everyday life and magic

Soon the only person he has left is Fiona

but that compels readers to fathom their hearts and consciences in ways that only the greatest theatre can

her memoir unfolds in luminous prose the spellbinding power of the things we wear: their stories

Americanah fenimore Kerri ní Dochartaigh was bornFrom the award winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun comes a powerful, sweeping novel about love, identity, and the complex realities of race in a globalized world. As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall deeply in love. Their Nigeria is ruled by a military dictatorship, and escape feels like the only path to a future. Bold and self assured, Ifemelu leaves for America to pursue her studiesonly to discover the sting of loneliness, the unspoken