A 2024 Women in Translation pick for me, and I didn’t think it was as good as Bright (definitely check that out!). Most of these stories were middling to forgettable, though I did appreciate the peek into the lives of working class Thai people. We follow lift attendants, farmhands, prisoners and masseuses as they go about their daily lives, facing prejudice and struggling to lift themselves out of poverty. There’s a feminist edge to most of them, particularly around men feeling entitled to women’s bodies and feeling they can dictate the way they look. My favourite by far was the Wood Children, which focused on a couple struggling to have kids, with an ominous overtone that I really liked.