AMERICANAH

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Some of my favorite books are those about people living in other countries.  Their thoughts, the different culture, their concerns and their otherly lives are compelling because there is so much to learn along with the pure joy and ecstasy of reading.  Americanah is about a modern day Nigerian girl in love with her boyfriend Obinze, who longs to go to America.  Like other books about Nigeria, her life goes along much as our lives do, except the electricity often goes out, and even in beautiful places there is a dilapidated aura, and the divide between people who are wealthy and not wealthy is huge.  No matter how wealthy they are, their thinking is often provincial. Except for the ones who are thoughtful and who are not afraid to question how they live in their society and in the world.  The story gives you all that, but it's overall the great life and love story of Ifemelu, the highlights and the every day happenings in her life make  this novel quietly soar and I loved it.