Category: Reviews
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Purple Hibiscus
By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ‘Aunty Ifeoma’s little garden next to the verandah of her flat in Nsukka began to lift the silence. Jaja’s defiance seemed to me now like Aunty Ifeoma’s experimental purple hibiscus: rare, fragrant with the undertones of freedom…But my memories did not start at Nsukka. They started before, when all the hibiscuses…
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The Immigrant by Manju Kapur
‘The Immigrant,’ in summary, follows the story and marriage of Nina, a thirty year old English lecturer in Delhi who moves to Canada, and of Ananda, a family acquaintance living in Canada after moving from Delhi 10 years ago. I found it to be a thought provoking read, and Kapur did not shy away from…
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My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
My Sister’s Keeper was an emotional read. It is about a young girl named Anna Fitzgerald who was born to save her sister’s life. Kate Fitzgerald has acute promyelocytic leukaemia, and Anna is her allogenic donor – she is a perfect sibling match. Whenever Kate relapses or is sick, and she needs bone marrow, cells,…
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Matilda the Musical
For a Year 12 induction trip, we all went to London to visit the museums and watch Matilda the Musical. But let me tell you something, I was not ready for this musical 😮
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Miracles from Heaven
I don’t want to call this a review. I just learnt a lot from this movie and it really made me think about a few things differently.
LittleMissZen 