The Thing Around Your Neck
Written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Narrated by Adjoa Andoh
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In "A Private Experience," a medical student hides from a violent riot with a poor Muslim woman whose dignity and faith force her to confront the realities and fears she's been pushing away. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," a woman unlocks the devastating secret that surrounds her brother's death. The young mother at the center of "Imitation" finds her comfortable life in Philadelphia threatened when she learns that her husband has moved his mistress into their Lagos home. And the title story depicts the choking loneliness of a Nigerian girl who moves to an America that turns out to be nothing like the country she expected; though falling in love brings her desires nearly within reach, a death in her homeland forces her to reexamine them.
Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow, and longing, these stories map, with Adichie's signature emotional wisdom, the collision of two cultures and the deeply human struggle to reconcile them. The Thing Around Your Neck is a resounding confirmation of the prodigious literary powers of one of our most essential writers.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the author of Purple Hibiscus, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize, Half of a Yellow Sun, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction; and acclaimed story collection The Thing Around Your Neck. Americanah, was published around the world in 2013, received numerous awards and was named one of New York Times Ten Books of the Year. A recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria.
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Reviews for The Thing Around Your Neck
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fun and true immigrant stories. Felt like I have lived through this.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amazing! Adichie is my queen❤️ Definitely a must read!! Narrator was great!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5That last story especially moved me. Eveeyvstirey was splendid, but the last one took me to a happy and very proud place.