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I‘ve already completed my 2023 reading challenge but I think I can read one more before the end of the year.

Low pick. I enjoyed this, but I thought I was going to feel more emotions than I did.

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Gloria stood up, brushed down her pajamas and kissed Nate on the head. "They're racists, Nate. Don't befriend them. The patriarchy is alive and well. You beat the crap out of a boy, and he invites you to play sport with him. If this was our school, those bitches would ruin our credit and tell everyone we were pregnant."

"Patri...patriar..." Nate was confused.
"She means you won."

Way too depressing for me.

Wow! This reeled me in and kept me hooked. I loved that she expressed her grief so visibly and refused to “cheer up” or “move on”. Grief is one of those things we all go through and everyone has to handle it in their own way. It didn‘t help that her mother-in-law blamed her or was suing her either. Her friends and family were wonderful and I really liked her brother. So far it‘s my favorite fiction read of the year. ❤️

“Nobody tells you that to grieve is to shoulder the expectatons of others. The requirement is that you mourn in silence, cloak yourself in dignity and make others comfortable. I do not know how. Therefore I grieve out loud.”

I agree this ought to come with a collection of TWs & understand why it‘s been called relentlessly depressing and has mixed reviews, but golly, this book caught me at just the right moment. The unapologetic embrace of grief, the fact that it went on too long, took too much, was too selfish, was privileged in the ability to wallow without real responsibility drew me in. Ha! That sounds wacky, but there was something here that spoke to me! 🤷🏽‍♀️

Sick today, but not too sick to read. 😈 Maybe 2023 is the year to appoint a reading day once a month, doesn‘t that sound heavenly?

March Report:
✔️ #Bookspin : River Sing Me Home
✔️ Double spin : Stateless
✔️ #childrensclassread2023 : Black Stallion
✔️ April Bookspin List
Jurassic Park is one of my #roll100 books but we‘ll see if I finish in time. 🤞

Don‘t have adequate words to express what this book has done to me. As someone who has experienced the grief of losing someone important, this story is the one that has come closest to describe how it feels for me.

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I don‘t how to encompass the depth of this book. Eve is drowning in her grief even when surrounded by the love of her family. The story is a very heavy one full of all the stages of grief. It speaks to how one can ache to be better, but have no idea what the looks like anymore. A beautifully written story.

Please dive into this book with care. The core of the story is Eve processing the suicide of her husband, Q. It is not an easy read.

I‘ve read this packs an emotional punch, and thus far, that‘s accurate.

I tried, tried to empathize with Eve, but I got really tired of her bratty behavior towards her family and friends, who were trying to help. She imploded her whole life, and it took them 250 pages to get tired of it while I was done after 100. I wish the author had spent less time on the caterwauling and more on how she rebuilds her life.

Eve‘s husband suddenly commits suicide with no note. The book follows the next six months of her life. ⬇️

This novel is a portrait of grief after a British-Nigerian woman‘s white husband dies by suicide. It‘s a reminder that grief is different for everyone and we need to have the grace to allow each person to grieve in their way. It‘s so good.

Deeeep and heavy. Very good novel. Read the synopsis before reading because it‘s about suicide and grief.

We find ourselves accompanying Eve, whose husband Quentin completed suicide on New Year's Eve. Quentin didn't leave a note, and Eve is struggling to cope with her loss, the not knowing, the what ifs, and Quentin's overbearing mother. Supported by family and friends, old and new, Eve starts to learn to navigate her new world, hoping someday maybe, she might be happy again.

Eve‘s beloved husband has committed suicide leaving her reeling from grief and shock. Her large Nigerian family and a group of old & new friends step in, trying to help get her back on track.
This book was raw & heartfelt. Eve is a great character. And the reader, Adjoa Andoh was BRILLIANT 🎧🙌🏻
Would work for #52BookClub23 #AboutSiblings

Picked this up on a whim….LOVING the narration 🎧 #Hoopla

You don‘t always get to prepare, to say your goodbyes. The end sometimes arrives without warning. It swings for you and all you can do is accept the beating.

This was such a sad book, but it portrayed grief in a very real way. I lost my first husband unexpectedly in a car accident 36 years ago so I could relate to some of Eve‘s feelings. I had a 3 year old depending on me so it made me get back to real life quicker than Eve did. I‘m excited for this author‘s next book.

A powerful debut about a woman who has just lost her husband to suicide: the grief is very intense but the writing is so beautiful and nuanced, it felt like I was with her through her grieving process. She is surrounded by family and friends, characters were well-developed and enriched the novel.. Her Nigerian heritage added a unique touch to the story, in how she handled her grief and her family's support to help her continue living her life.

2.5 out of 5

Well, I don‘t know what it is like to be of Nigerian descent in the UK, but I do know what it is like to have friends and family step in and hold you up as you move through the suicide of a spouse - the guy who everyone counted on. I also know what it‘s like to have a mother-in-law moving through her grief in paths that neither paralleled or intersected my journey. This is a powerful read.

I really loved this book but it wasn‘t an easy read.
It‘s about a young Nigerian woman losing her husband to suicide and the grief and guilt that consumes her.

This book was absolutely heartbreaking. I really think this was the first book I‘ve read where I was sad all the way through. But, it was such a good book! It was very well written and man did it make the reader feel all the emotions of the main character. I‘m so glad I read this book.