Have only read the first and title story so far, which is hilarious and moving. Look forward to reading the others. ( )

A well-written collection of thirty-five stories about women. One reviewer calls them “tautly emotional, acutely intelligent, and, ultimately, humane.” The endings are never happy, and reading them was sometimes exhausting. Yet there is hope and courage to be found in each of them, amidst the suffering and disappointments that are part of the human condition. ( )