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This reads like Greek tragedy. It's very clever actually. And I love the goofy cover.

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Pub date was 3/26/24
#ARC #Netgalley

70 pages in. As a woman feeling many of these things at a certain age in life I really thought I would like this. But Sam‘s response to feeling like this is to be able to move out of the family home (not a spoiler) and just buy another house- helped by the family savings.
No mention of privilege etc. Just like that‘s what most people can do. Whether that‘s addressed later I don‘t know but I can‘t bear anymore.

An interesting look at mothers, daughters and navigating the Trump years as a well meaning white liberal. I can see where the book and the 50 something, menopausal main character might get on one‘s nerves, but I found it compelling and thoughtful. No real answers provided but a lot of questions are raised about 21st century America-where we‘ve been and where we‘re headed.

Glad I found a 1 word title for #TBRTarot
My last book for #AwesomeApril

Wayward felt like a snapshot of 2016. I didn‘t necessarily want to go back to those days - they give me anxiety 🙃. I finished this last night, and it‘s going to take time to process before adequately reviewing. It poked at uncomfortable points - who I am and who I will be as a white woman, mother/daughter relationships, etc. Lily‘s home felt like respite for me as a reader, as it was for Sam and Ally. I‘ll be thinking about this for a while. #ALS

Starting this #ALS read tonight. This paragraph is the whole first page, and I‘m intrigued.

My #Bookspin and #DoubleSpin books are two that I want to read very soon, so I‘m excited for these picks!

While I am looking forward to reading both of these for #AuldLangSpine, they were going to be library borrows until I came across these UK editions that I couldn‘t pass up on 😍 #bookmail #coverlove

A story about a stumbling, middle-aged white woman, after the 2016 election, who is doing her best to be self-aware & socially-conscious. She is sometimes insufferable in spite of this, sometimes insufferable because of this, sometimes delightful, and often relatable (whether this causes the reader to feel gleeful or shameful vacillates). She is struggling to be a good mother, a good daughter, and to belong to herself.

*cont‘d 👇🏻

Sam loves seeing the possibilities when wandering through open houses, and when she comes across a historical fixer-upper, realizes she wants to change her life with the house and so leaves her family. I loved the exploration here of being a woman in midlife and re-examining life choices. I didn‘t love all of the plot choices and I thought the ending was a little weak, but overall I really enjoyed it.