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4.27 AVERAGE
“Does love bring, even if unconsciously, the delusional arrogance of expecting never to be touched by grief?”
i don’t know how to explain how this book made me feel, but i loved reading it
i don’t know how to explain how this book made me feel, but i loved reading it
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This book hits you hard, especially if you're close to your dad (like I am). It's hard and beautiful and you just get to sit through it and witness it. 10/10
A short reflection that truly captures the feelings of grief not only in 2020 but especially then. The book feels like a meteor1 it crashes briefly into your life but it leaves a crater that you can spend years inspecting, pulling out nuggets of wisdom, of resonance, and of companioning. Adichie is, as always, stunning in her prose.
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It is a raw, sorrowful, and incredibly sad short book—an ode of love to her father. Chimamanda always finds the right words, despite all the pain.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Minor: Kidnapping
This book is so very timely for me. A very good friend of mine passed away on April Fool’s Day this year. It was truly a shock when I received the call at 7:04 the following morning. I had just spoken with her about a week or so before and she sounded weak but I had no idea that it would be the last time we would speak. Life is never guaranteed nor can it be measured by time. Life is a moment in the here and now and we are responsible for how we choose to exist in it.
Notes on Grief took me to a place that circled my mind with emotions of great loss not just of my friend but also for her children. Chimamanda is a writer that can draw you in quickly because most can relate to the pain of grief. How she expresses her love for her family, the traditions of Igbo people and how she’s learning to “cope” with such a great loss and also learning to balance life…not just existing in it. She ends by says that she is “writing about her father in the past tense”. I said something similar at the funeral of my friend. “Today we are speaking of Euretha in past tense but she will forever be present in our hearts”.
Favorite Quote: For the rest of my life, I will live with my hands outstretched for things that are no longer there.
Notes on Grief took me to a place that circled my mind with emotions of great loss not just of my friend but also for her children. Chimamanda is a writer that can draw you in quickly because most can relate to the pain of grief. How she expresses her love for her family, the traditions of Igbo people and how she’s learning to “cope” with such a great loss and also learning to balance life…not just existing in it. She ends by says that she is “writing about her father in the past tense”. I said something similar at the funeral of my friend. “Today we are speaking of Euretha in past tense but she will forever be present in our hearts”.
Favorite Quote: For the rest of my life, I will live with my hands outstretched for things that are no longer there.
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
emotional
reflective
sad
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
emotional
sad
fast-paced