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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 · 17,351 ratings · 2,392 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Under the Udala Trees 4.03 avg rating — 14,651 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 4.02 avg rating — 1,807 ratings — published 2012 — 7 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
	Harry Sylvester Bird 3.23 avg rating — 576 ratings — published 2022 — 10 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) 3.48 avg rating — 248 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 4.17 avg rating — 30 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) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 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
	Racconti di due pianeti: Storie di cambiamento climatico e disuguaglianza in un mondo diviso by Andri Snær Magnason (Goodreads Author), Anuradha Roy, Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 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
	9 Stories on the Magic of Cities by Kevin Brockmeier (Editor), Lynne Tillman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Gates (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2018	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
	Fairness 4.25 avg rating — 4 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 our April Read Around the World (Africa) book be?

Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta - Nigeria

14 votes 28.6%

The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna - Sierra Leone

11 votes 22.4%

Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - Uganda

7 votes 14.3%

Hum If You Don’t Know the Words by Bianca Marais - South Africa

5 votes 10.2%

The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta - Nigeria

4 votes 8.2%

Zoo City by Lauren Beukes - South Africa

3 votes 6.1%

Thirty-One Brothers and Sisters by Reba Paeff Mirsky - Unspecified, likely South Africa

3 votes 6.1%

Efuru by Flora Nwapa - Nigeria

2 votes 4.1%

49 total votes

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