The end wove together a little bit too neatly with all the parts coming together but I quite enjoyed this. I loved the inclusion of the dog’s thoughts (very unexpected and amusing) and the nosy neighbor Harriet becoming so essential to the protagonists’ life.

It was a bit disconcerting reading this now, as the Supreme Court leak about overturning Roe v Wade fills the news. There is an long chapter talking about an unwanted pregnancy, not wanting to be a mother, the emotional and physical toll pregnancy takes on a woman’s body which often leads to death/permanent ramifications that was just a little too prescient. This is not a criticism of the book, just a criticism on those wishing to overturn safe abortion access.