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The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna

2.5

‘’𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚎. 𝚀𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎! 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚎."


About the book: 𝙎𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 3 𝙈𝙚𝙣, 𝙀𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙚, 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙧, 𝘼𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩, 𝙖 𝙥𝙨𝙮𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙆𝙖𝙞 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖 𝙇𝙚𝙤𝙣.

Thoughts: 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒕. 
𝑺𝒐 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒚, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔.
𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝑷𝑺, 𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑨𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝑲𝒂𝒊 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝑷𝑶𝑽.