Along the summer I see all of our Penn County Reads book, Americanah from the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. From the unique, the new protagonist Ifemulu motions out of Nigeria to your All of us to help you sit in college or university; not, whenever she leaves, she works out leaving the woman high school and you may university boyfriend Obinze and in the end loses touching having your. For the Ifemelu’s flashbacks regarding the this lady many years in america prior to moving back so you can Nigeria, she recalls a couple of this lady relationship having People in america: Curt and you can Blaine.
Though not chronologically the girl first date, Blaine is produced ahead of Curt. Ifemelu’s connection with Blaine, who’s African-Western, seems to go effortlessly at first, since the they both are curious about discussing battle and its own role in america.
