Things in Nature Merely GrowLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON FICTION 2025 There is no good way to say this, Yiyun Li writes at the beginning of this book. There is no good way to state these facts, which must be acknowledged. My husband and I had two children and lost them both: Vincent in 2017, at sixteen, James in 2024, at nineteen. Both chose suicide, and both died not far from home. There is no good way to say this because words fall short. In this

Emil Homerin provides an insightful introduction

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A love letter to Saigon’s past and present

in particular a disavowal of the doubt

With humility and willingness to apply nature’s experience to our human-constructed world

from Guyana to Hong Kong

is the art of drawing closer to the world through defamiliarization

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Haidt has spent his career speaking truth backed by data in the most difficult landscapes — communities polarized by politics and religion

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When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train

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