From the author of the bestselling Half of a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus come twelve brilliant new stories. Of motherhood and mistresses; love and dislocation; violence and faith; the moments of everyday epiphany that illuminate the beauty and desperation of ordinary lives.

'Stunning. Like all fine storytellers, she leaves us wanting more' - The Times

'A remarkable collection combining Adichie's poise, assurance and coolly understated stylke. The perfect riposte to anyone who believes short stories can't be every bit as involving as novels' - Daily Mail

'The writing throughout the book has a verve that propels you forward through the pages. And a pervasive, lightly mocking intelligence gives the whole thing a lively, satirical edge' - Guardian

'A powerful writer, moving with disquieting ease from humour to horror, and anger to tenderness... This is storytelling at its very best, its roots in an ancient tradition, giving all that precedes it a poignant and sobering context' - Scotsman

'The Thing Around Your Neck, with its warm and sympathetic heroines and its finely cadenced prose, demonstrated that Adichie is keeping faith with her talent and with her country' - Sunday Times