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  Zikora  is a short story by  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. At a Glance Title: Zikora Author:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Publisher: Amazon Original stories [27 Oct 2020] Pages: 35 Format - Ebook This is a short story, 35 pages long, that talks about the relationship situation between indivuduals. A girl and a boy, a mom and her daughter, a father and her daughter, relationship between cousins. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about the reality of things in our society like Zikora being abandoned by her boyfriend as soon as she tells him about her pregnancy! Zikora goes through the pains of child birth alone under the watchful and disapproving eyes of her mother. The story goes back and forth between her time in the hospital and her childhood, her relationship with her boyfriend, conversations with her cousin etc. The story really brings out the stark realities of our society and how women are affected.Not only that, she clearly shows how little men know about what women actually ...

I am into thrillers and mystery novels and have been reading a bit of non fiction too these days. This book is from a totally different genre yet I wanted to read this one after I found it under #bookstagram. At a Glance.... Title: Reasonable Lies Author: T.A.Rosewood Publisher: The Independent Barcodes Network [21 March 2020] 1st Edition. Pages: 344 Format - Ebook There are so many things that we need to have awareness around and breast cancer is one among those. And the author has not only brought about the awareness but has also shown the readers the mind-set of the affected person and how the family reacts in this situation. Reasonable lies is a touching story that revolves around Jane and her family. Jane is a very happy go lucky person with a wonderful family and a friend who would do anything for her! Things start going south when she gets herself examined at a screening camp organised in her workplace. Once the results come back, her beautiful world turns upside down. She w...