"‘You weren’t, though! If that had been my father ’handling… - Helen Oyeyemi

"‘You weren’t, though! If that had been my father ’handling that’, she would’ve been flat on the floor with a few teeth missing!’” (Page 198)

Helen Oyeyemi

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About Helen Oyeyemi

Helen Oyeyemi (December 10, 1984) is a British novelist and writer of short stories.

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Alternative Names: Helen Olajumoke Oyeyemi

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Have you ever heard a note in someone's voice that said 'This is the end?' I heard it in the next words he said to me, and I stopped listening.

She encouraged herself to see her very small presence in the world as a good thing, a power, something that a hero might possess.

And she walked away, and she walked away, and that was that, and that was that.

"‘You weren’t, though! If that had been my father ’handling that’, she would’ve been flat on the floor with a few teeth missing!’” (Page 198) - Helen Oyeyemi

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