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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
What a gorgeous, honest, lovely book. There were so many notes I found myself taking photographs of simply because of how strongly I related. Grief is incredibly individual, even though it is also completely universal, and I found this book (and it found me) at the perfect time. As I continue to navigate my own grief and loss, I will return to Chimamanda's pages for comfort and recognition.
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If I had written about my father when he passed away, if I ever decide to write in the future about his death, this is how I'd have written/ I'd write.
ريفيو مصور للكتاب على قناتي.
#دودة_كتب
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgjqLCY1XSg&lc=UgzLUmu8AFWnRBCXdGJ4AaABAg
ريفيو مصور للكتاب على قناتي.
#دودة_كتب
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgjqLCY1XSg&lc=UgzLUmu8AFWnRBCXdGJ4AaABAg
This is my first book on grief, four months and eight days after the loss of my own beloved father. Amidst all the flurry of condolences, the trite cards, the well intentioned meals, earnest hugs, offerings of prayer and "we think of you oftens," this is the first moment I have felt my grief truly seen, understood, and articulated. Chimamanda lost her father when he was at a far more advanced age, but I am truly in awe of the relational similarities, the communal impact, and the universal elements of her loss that transcend time, distance, and culture. I am my father's daughter. "For the rest of my life, I will live with my hands outstretched for things that are no longer there."
"A thing like this, dreaded for so long, finally arrives and among the avalanche of emotions there is a bitter and unbearable relief. It comes as a form of aggression, this relief, bringing with it strangely pugnacious thoughts. Enemies beware: the worst has happened. My father is gone. My madness will now bare itself."
The most moving image: that her four year old daughter was scared by her initial physical reaction to learning her father died.
Adichie describes grief in such a profound and hauntingly accurate way. She said everything ive ever felt but never knew how to put into words. This one is going to stick with me.
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Grief is a language only those that have experienced hand on hand can understand
A beautiful tribute to a great father
A beautiful tribute to a great father
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