Notes on Grief
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Adichie's short, raw account of her father's sudden death during the pandemic, written in the first months: the physical shock, the rage at platitudes, the surreality of Zoom mourning, the love. It is brief and precise, and it gives grieving readers the company of a great writer in the same state.
Read it if…
you are in early grief and want to read something true and short.
Skip it if…
you want guidance; it offers none, only company.
Three things you will actually use
- Grief is physical.
- Platitudes wound; presence helps.
- Language fails and is all we have.
Do this first
Read it in one sitting, then write your own notes.
Our verdict
Brief, raw, exact.
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