The New York Times Book Review asked the acclaimed novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to write a short story about the American election. It is definitely a compelling read. Her short story titled ‘ The Arrangements ‘ is a fictional take on Republican Candidate Donald Trump ‘s family, life and campaign leading up to the elections with a heavy focus on his wife Melania . *** Melania decided she would order the flowers herself. Donald was too busy now anyway to call Alessandra’s as usual and ask for “something amazing.” Once, in the early years, before she fully understood him, she had asked what his favorite flowers were. “I use the best florists in the city, they’re terrific,” he replied, and she realized that taste, for him, was something to be determined by somebody else, and then flaunted. At first, she wished he would not keep asking their guests, “How do you like thes...
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