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Review of ‘What We Lose’

Reviews and synopses won’t prepare you for the experience of reading this book. That’s what it is—an experience of the exploration of grief and readjustment after loss. Delicate but not frail, analytical yet not over-thought, Zinzi Clemmons’ debut novel is a great success. It’s a multidimensional study of life pre-and post-bereavement executed in an incredibly…

Behind the Book by Zinzi Clemmons

Zinzi Clemmons explores how her own relationship with her mother inspired her superb debut novel, What We Lose.


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