A personal and powerful essay on loss from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of "Americanah" and "Half of a Yellow Sun".
One afternoon Sammy takes Tom Rabbit out to the back field to see the real rabbits. The Sammy goes in, leaving Tom Rabbit outside on the wall. The sun sets. The moon rises. And the real rabbits come...
Two years ago, Julia lost her family in a tragic accident. Her husband drowned trying to save their daughter, Lily, in the river near their rural home. But the little girl’s body was never found―and Julia believes Lily is somehow still alive. Alone and broke, Julia opens her house as a writers’ retreat. One of the first guests is Lucas, a horror novelist, who becomes obsessed with find…