{"product_id":"notes-on-grief","title":"Notes on grief","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u003c\/strong\u003e (author) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA devastating essay on loss and the people we love from the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 10 June 2020, the scholar James Nwoye Adichie died suddenly in Nigeria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this tender and powerful essay, expanded from the original New Yorker text, his daughter, a self-confessed daddy's girl, remembers her beloved father. Notes on Grief is at once a tribute to a long life of grace and wisdom, the story of a daughter's fierce love for a parent, and a revealing examination of the layers of loss and the nature of grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eA work of dignity and of unravelling\u003c\/em\u003e’ GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eAn exquisite howl of pain\u003c\/em\u003e’ TELEGRAPH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChimamanda Ngozi Adichie grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into more than 55 languages and has appeared in various publications, including \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Granta, The O. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003ePurple Hibiscus\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award; \u003cem\u003eHalf of a Yellow Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, which was the recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction “Winner of Winners” award; \u003cem\u003eAmericanah\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award; the story collection \u003cem\u003eThe Thing Around Your Neck\u003c\/em\u003e; the essays \u003cem\u003eWe Should All Be Feminists, Dear Ijeawele,\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eA Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNotes on Grief;\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMama’s Sleeping Scarf\u003c\/em\u003e, a book for children. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎ Fourth Estate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrint length ‏ : ‎ 96 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780008470333\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.1 x 0.7 x 17.8 cm \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rudolf Steiner Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56582697582976,"sku":"9780008470333","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0795\/3281\/8754\/files\/91BAY9-cp1L._SL1500.jpg?v=1758301906","url":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookshop.co.uk\/products\/notes-on-grief","provider":"Rudolf Steiner Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}