This book is a collection of short stories with most characters being women who seem to be looking for fulfilment in their lives one way or another. These stories tend to be centred around straight married couples who clearly need therapy or to separate. I personally had a hard time with this one. I found it to be slightly dry and I didn’t really relate at all. Which I mean makes a ton of sense as I am queer and think most people should probably dump their crappy boyfriends/husbands. This was not a bad book by any means and I think it would resonate with others it just was not for me. I probably would not really recommend this to people but again I think this is just because the content is not much for me/those around me.

to begin, i will mention that this is not my typical read, but the description was intriguing and i wanted to know more. here are some of my thoughts:
first, i am giving this book 3 stars, even though i wasn’t able to finish the whole book. now let me explain—these short stories were written beautifully, and the author did an incredible job. this book is a compilation of short stories describing the effects of trauma on women, and each story explores how each woman finds meaning through her journey. it’s truly a very interesting read. however, i struggled with the decisions of some of the women and how different their decisions are to my own. but, i understand that’s the point of these stories—to make the reader feel uncomfortable while also learning to understand the situation these women were in.
some of the short stories i needed to skip for my own mental health. there were other stories like the new jenny and thumb stump that really stuck with me.

I don’t want to give this a star rating, I just. Dont know how to rate this (not in a bad way). This is a short story collection exploring victimisation and politics relating to women’s bodies, and how women may try to gain meaning from their suffering.

This was so well written. It isn’t something I’d usually pick up but it was on Read Now and I was curious. Rating as 5 stars on here, but will not be including a star rating elsewhere