it's a great life, if you don't weaken (matociquala) wrote,
it's a great life, if you don't weaken
matociquala
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love come shine over the sea

A little free fiction for a Federal holiday: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "A Private Experience."

The Guardian describes it thus:  Two women caught up in a violent street riot take shelter in an abandoned shop. A short story by the Orange Prize-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

It's gorgeous, and after I read it I had to go find the nearest living thing and give it a hug.
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