The Word for World Is Forest by the Vietnam War, but was living in London when she wrote the novel, cut off from the anti-war movement she had been a part of in Oregon. Written in these circumstances, "The Word for World is Forest" became what Le Guin called a "preachment". She stated that writing the book was like "taking dictation from a boss with ulcers". She said that she had wanted to write about forests and dreaming, but that the "boss" had made her write instead about ecological destruction. Charlotte Spivack stated that the book was an "angry work", that ended on a note of
This Is What the Truth Feels Like outside the top 10. The following week, "This Is What the Truth Feels Like" dipped 54 positions, the week's largest drop. In Australia, the album debuted at number six, becoming her third consecutive top-ten solo album. "This Is What the Truth Feels Like" was the week's second highest debut, and was present for two weeks before departing the chart. On France's SNEP albums chart, it entered at number 44, becoming her lowest debut behind "The Sweet Escape"s peak at number 33. The album fared moderately well on Switzerland's Hitparade, where it became her second highest performing album, peaking at number