Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the sole narrator of Notes on Grief. She is a widely published author of both fiction and nonfiction, and she is a consummate public intellectual. She was devoted to her father James and continues to dedicate her work to him. He read everything she wrote, and he was always honest in his feedback. She shared her itineraries for speaking engagements with him as well, and he would send her encouraging texts when she was about to take the stage.

Adichie makes it clear that she will never get over the loss of her father, for there are some things human beings cannot get over. She expected to have several more years with him even though he was eighty-eight when he passed away. She idolized her father for his absolute integrity, and she and her siblings sought to emulate his gentle manner...