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Summary
After years of chasing noise and survival in the city, Dami returns to his quiet village to face the silence he once fled. What begins as a simple visit becomes a journey through memory, loss, and rediscovery.
Haunted by his father’s death and the words that were never spoken between them, Dami finds himself relearning the language of home: the sweep of his mother’s broom at dawn, the river’s slow murmur after rain, and the steady warmth of Fadeke, his childhood friend who now teaches at the village school.
Through these moments, Dami begins to understand that grief is not something to overcome but something to live alongside. The village, unchanged yet transformed, teaches him that silence can wound but also heal, and that returning is not about reclaiming the past—it’s about finding peace in the present.
With lyrical simplicity and emotional truth, The Shape of Returning captures the beauty of ordinary life and the quiet strength it takes to begin again.Book information
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Other, Literary Classics
