Zikora: A Short Story

he emotional storms weathered by a mother and daughter yield a profound new understanding in a moving short story by the bestselling, award-winning author ofAmericanahandWe 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.Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is theNew York Timesbestselling author of the novelsPurple Hibiscus;Half of a Yellow Sun, which won the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction;Americanah, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was aNew York Times,Washington Post,Chicago Tribune, andEntertainment WeeklyBest Book of the Year; the story collectionThe Thing Around Your Neck; and the essaysWe Should All Be FeministsandDear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria. The emotional storms weathered by a mother and daughter yield a profound new understanding in a moving short story by the bestselling, 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. Shunned by the speed with which her ideal life fell apart, Zikora 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. The emotional storms weathered by a mother and daughter yield a profound new understanding in a moving short story by the bestselling, 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. Title Page 3 Copyright Page 4 Start Reading 5 About the Author 29