The news is like a vicious uprooting. I am yanked away from the world I have known since childhood.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Notes on Grief (2021), section 2; Publisher’s complete excerpt (sections 1–2) read; these two consecutive sentences describe hearing of the author’s father’s death. Attribution comes from excerpt itself, not review blurbs. No prior canonical excerpt from this book. 19 quoted words; 6 remain in whole
- Notes on Grief (2021), section 2
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