I loved Purple Hibiscus. I only read it for the first time last summer. Yes, it's one that stays with you. Then I read her second novel, Half of a Yellow Sun. Equally as good, though more complex. I'm now reading Billy Liar for the first time.
Jean, have you read The Shack? It's another one that passed me by even though millions seem to think it's fantastic. One I've just read and thought was great was Barbara Dowdy's 'Helpless'. Read that? And I read Rose Tremain's 'The Road Home' in the…