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Chinelo Okparanta was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and relocated to the United States at the age of ten. She received her BS from The Pennsylvania State University, her MA from Rutgers University, and her MFA from the University of Iowa. She was one of Granta's six New Voices for 2012 and her stories have appeared in Granta, The New Yorker, Tin House, Subtropics, and elsewhere. ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 17,801 ratings · 2,464 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	Under the Udala Trees 4.02 avg rating — 15,055 ratings — published 2015 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happiness, Like Water 4.01 avg rating — 1,839 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harry Sylvester Bird 3.23 avg rating — 586 ratings — published 2022 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Granta 139: Best of Young American Novelists 3 by Sigrid Rausing (Editor), Jesse Ball (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Halle Butler (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.47 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Benji 4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	LitMag: Issue 01 by Marc Berley (Editor), Elvis Bego (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Bethany Edstrom (Contributor) 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blackass (Excerpt) by A. Igoni Barrett, Chinelo Okparanta (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	This Impossible Life: A Novel 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Maybe love was some combination of friendship and infatuation. A deeply felt affection accompanied by a certain sort of awe. And by gratitude. And by a desire for a lifetime of togetherness.”
― Chinelo Okparanta, Under the Udala Trees

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“I suppose it's the way we are, humans that we are. Always finding it easier to make ourselves the victim in someone else's tragedy.

Though it is true, too, that sometimes it is hard to know to whom the tragedy really belongs.”
― Chinelo Okparanta, Under the Udala Trees

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“Aunty, whatever the matter, just remember that it is the same moon that wanes today that will be full tomorrow. And even the sun, however long it disappears, it always shines again.”
― Chinelo Okparanta, Under the Udala Trees

tags: life-and-living-insight, wisdom

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What should be our April 'Read Around the World' Group Read? (Africa)

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (Ghana)

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The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing (South Africa)

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Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta (Nigeria)

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City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson (Kenya)

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Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood by Fatema Mernissi (Morocco)

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