Purple Hibiscus is a novel written by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in 2003. In the novel, Adichie examines the complexities of family, faith, and country through the haunted but hopeful eyes of a young girl on the cusp of adulthood. This is a book about the promise of freedom; about the blurred lines between childhood and adulthood; between love and hatred, between the old gods and the new.