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Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li

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A very personal and deep book on how the author copes and ponders over the death of her youngest son whom she honours through this book. 

Children die, and parents go on living. 

The book is astonishing, the words carefully chosen, circularity by reusing certain sentences with slightly different meanings. Unfathomable to lose both children by suicide and having “radical acceptance” of the choices they made. 

A beautiful book, though not for everyone. 

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A thoughtful and intellectual examination of life after the deaths of both of the author's teenage sons from suicide. Absolutely heart rending, but likely not in the ways you expect.

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devastating. I do not think I have ever seen someone write about suicide in this way before. I gained a lot from reading this.

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