There was one word that put me off Robinson's Bay Area - 'subway'? Also no one ever seems to worry about parking.

This didn't feel like my Bay Area or my San Francisco even though the neighborhoods are familiar.

But don't let that put you off the story itself - it didn't stop me from enjoying what Robinson knows best and that is the words of women - what they say to each other, how they observe each other, how they can begin to learn to see each other, maybe even help each other.