I received an ARC of this book with thanks to Grove Atlantic via NetGalley

“And there it was, the question that women were never supposed to ask when it comes to relationships. What am I getting out of it? Because who cares, right? Who cares what the woman is getting out of it as long as someone else is getting something out of her.”

I highly enjoyed this follow up from Bushnell and devoured it fairly quickly. A completely different composition style in comparison to the SATC original, this is composed as Bushnell’s memoir post divorce, living in The City that she loves but has outgrown and navigating the dating world as a newly single middle aged woman alongside her close group of also single girlfriends. The short stories and anecdotes she shares are both amusing and relatable (even as a woman in my early thirties) and she gives us a great overview of the hurdles and new obstacles (including technological advances) one meets as she returns to the dating scene which has changed dramatically since her last foray as a single woman many years earlier. Bushnell leaves us with an ending that’s unfortunately all too familiar amongst friendships groups worldwide, irrespective of gender and a gentle reminder to love your friends, hold them close and look out for one another even when everything seems okay.