Things in Nature Merely Grow Summary
Li, Yiyun

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Things in Nature Merely Grow Overview

Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li is a restrained, unsentimental meditation on grief following the suicides of the author’s two sons, Vincent and James. The memoir is written in fragments rather than a conventional narrative. The author blends personal history, philosophy, and literature. The memoir rejects consolation and explanation. It documents the practice of living with irreversible loss through radical acceptance. Li explores themes of suicide, motherhood, and free will. 

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