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Zikora

A Short Story

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Zikora

Written by: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Narrated by: Adepero Oduye
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The emotional storms weathered by a mother and daughter yield a profound new understanding in a moving short story by the best-selling, award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists.

When Zikora, a DC lawyer from Nigeria, tells her equally high-powered lover that she’s pregnant, he abandons her. But it’s Zikora’s demanding, self-possessed mother, in town for the birth, who makes Zikora feel like a lonely little girl all over again. Stunned by the speed with which her ideal life fell apart, she turns to reflecting on her mother’s painful past and struggle for dignity. Preparing for motherhood, Zikora begins to see more clearly what her own mother wants for her, for her new baby, and for herself.

©2020 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction Short Story

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What the critics say

“The actor Adepero Oduye as narrator shifts seamlessly between characters, and I hung onto her every word.” (The New York Times)

“The multitalented actress, director, singer, and writer Adepero Oduye provides an outstanding Nigerian-accented narration, charting Zikora's thoughts and feelings surrounding her failed relationship, her attempts to navigate new motherhood as a professional woman, and her developing understanding of her own mother's challenging relationship with Zikora's father in Nigeria.” (AudioFile Magazine)

“[Adichie] is delivering brand-new material to a world that needs her talents more than ever.” (Entertainment Weekly)
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It's as if you're there in the story! You feel every emotion. Each moment of joy and heartache.

A gripping and vivid story that draws you in.

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I loved this story and the narrator is amazing. I wish there had been more!

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The story is captivating and makes you eager for more. The narrator was great and clear. My only regret is the book left me with so many questions I want answers to.

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This is a beautiful novella that as always challenges the reality we live in and discussing the challenges that have not been erased.

Beautiful

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