Reviews with content warning for Death of parent - Notes on Grief

I’ve read a handful of books on grieving since the death of my dad. This is the one I recommend to anyone grieving the loss of a parent and searching for someone to put to words all the feelings and experiences. This is the one I would recommend to someone who hasn’t experienced this kind of loss but is supporting someone else who has, and needs help to understand.

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challenging emotional sad slow-paced

5.0

teared up several times. adiche captures the unmooring of grief while simultaneously inviting us to witness the love she has for her father and the love her father has for his children.

Grief has, as one of its many egregious components, the onset of doubt. No, I am not imagining it. Yes, my father truly was lovely.

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

“For the rest of my life, I will live with my hands outstretched for things that are no longer there.”

Rating: 5 stars ⭐️

This work is devastatingly beautiful.

CW: Death of a parent

Overview:

•Short nonfiction book (>100 pages)

•Collection of essays about grief

•Impactful and vulnerable writing style

Reading this felt like I was reading Adichie’s personal grieving journal. Her heartache was on every page, in every line.

This book gifts us readers two main things:

1 - that feeling of solidarity in an emotion that can be so isolating. She writes so eloquently about how the death of a loved one changes whom we are at our core.

2 - an intimate look into her relationship with her father. I feel like I know how special he was to her and to the world.

If you are emotionally ready to read about grief, I highly recommend this book.

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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