The Thing Around Your Neck

A great way to end International Women's Day by finishing this collection of short stories by my favorite author. I didn't know that is was short stories when I picked it up, but Chimamanda has an amazing talent for making you feel strongly about her characters in less than a full page. The way she strings words together is always artful. I love how defiant and sometimes self righteous her characters are and yet all of them are unique in their experiences through political and personal trials. I'm excited to read anything and everything she publishes in the future.