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A starving woman's walk through a dead town
Original: "Nyapia and a two-year-old boy were starving under an orange grove. She could get food in Abedo, just a mile away, but e
A newly shared fiction excerpt follows Nyapia, who is starving under an orange grove with a two-year-old boy. Food is available in Abedo, a mile away, but the entire town is dead, and reaching it means walking past the rotting bodies of her neighbours, friends and loved ones. Readers are discussing the excerpt's stark depiction of hunger, grief and impossible choices, sharing it widely in book-focused communities.
Why now: The excerpt's haunting opening and emotionally powerful premise are resonating with literary readers who are sharing and discussing it.
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- "Nyapia and a two-year-old boy were starving under an orange grove. She could get food in Abedo, just a mile away, but everyone in that town was dead. If she went there, she would see the rotting corpses of people she had grown up with, her neighbours, her friends, her loved… · ododopress@bookstodon.com · 2
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