{"product_id":"dream-count-9780008685775","title":"Dream Count","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Magnificent' SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/strong\u003e                                   \u003cstrong\u003e‘Extraordinary’ NEW STATESMAN\u003c\/strong\u003e                                   \u003cstrong\u003e'The return of a literary titan' TELEGRAPH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Reads like a feminist\u003cem\u003e War and Peace\u003c\/em\u003e. A magnificent novel' SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A complex, multi-layered beauty of a book. Extraordinary’ NEW STATESMAN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eTHE INSTANT \u003cem\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e NO.1 BESTSELLER; LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA publishing event ten years in the making – a searing, exquisite new novel by the bestselling and award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eAmericanah\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWe Should All Be Feminists \u003c\/em\u003e– the story of four women and their loves, longings and desires.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The return of a literary titan' \u003cstrong\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHOSEN AS A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, FINANCIAL TIMES, INDEPENDENT, TELEGRAPH, GQ and COSMOPOLITAN BOOK OF 2025.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her best friend, is a lawyer who has been successful at everything until — betrayed and brokenhearted — she must turn to the person she thought she needed least. Omelogor, Chiamaka’s bold, outspoken cousin, is a financial powerhouse in Nigeria who begins to question how well she knows herself. And Kadiatou, Chiamaka’s housekeeper, is proudly raising her daughter in America – but faces an unthinkable hardship that threatens all she has worked to achieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDream Count\u003c\/em\u003e, Adichie trains her fierce eye on these women in a sparkling, transcendent novel that takes up the very nature of love itself. Is true happiness ever attainable or is it just a fleeting state? And how honest must we be with ourselves in order to love, and to be loved? A trenchant reflection on the choices we make and those made for us, on daughters and mothers, on our interconnected world, \u003cem\u003eDream Count\u003c\/em\u003e pulses with emotional urgency and poignant, unflinching observations on the human heart, in language that soars with beauty and power. It confirms Adichie’s status as one of the most exciting and dynamic writers on the literary landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The major publication milestone of 2025’ \u003cstrong\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780008685775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 01 Sep 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.9(L)x3(W)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eCHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into more than 55 languages and has appeared in various publications, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, Granta, The O. Henry Prize Stories, and Financial Times. She is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus, which won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award; Half of a Yellow Sun, which was the recipient of the Women's Prize for Fiction \"Winner of Winners\" award; Americanah, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award; the story collection The Thing Around Your Neck; the essays We Should All Be Feminists, Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, and Notes on Grief; and Mama's Sleeping Scarf, a book for children. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e‘Quintessential Adichie: ambitious, astute and powered by an accumulation of feather-light sentences that build to devastating weight. Masterly’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘A\u003c\/em\u003e big book, richly marbled with criss-crossing storylines … powered by the simple but evergreen thrill of time spent in the company of flesh and blood characters lavishly imagined. It was worth the wait'\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Deeply compelling' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘As finely constructed and evocatively realised as the rest of Adichie’s memorable work’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarper’s Bazaar \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This is a book that will make your heart ache, but in the best possible way, and it cements Adichie’s reputation as a storyteller of both heft and readability’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Adichie is the master of writing about feelings which are difficult to put a finger on… She often says she is preoccupied with telling the truth. 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