I liked this much more than I expected to, it's a nuanced view of faith and I felt very connected to the main character. Great short story!

I understand it's extremely hard to move to an unfamiliar place, and I can't even imagine doing that with a newborn child, but I'm 34% in and I don't think the author has said a single positive thing and I just couldn't continue. I couldn't feel close with her because she talked about all the people in her life, barring her father, a part that did truly move me, as objects. "The Dane" seems little more than a foreign entity that, based on this writing, the author doesn't seem to like much. I'm sure that's not the case, but it's what comes across. She clearly loves her child but I don't know a single thing about her, their connection, or their time together. I feel at 34% I should have learned more than:
1. Her boyfriend is Danish and blunt 
2. They have a child that is a girl 
3. She hates seemingly everything about Denmark 

I think I may have liked this more had I not read "Girl Juice" recently, I just think it did what this was trying to do better unfortunately 🤷

Mogens-3
The Plague in Bergam O-2.75
There Should Have Been Roses-1.5
Mrs. Fonss-5, this should have been the title story 

I really loved the concept of this, and I love that it brings awareness to community outreach and harm reduction, but writing wise I was really thrown off by the the sudden change of dialogue style halfway through. 
Like I don't believe a young punk girl would say "I can't bear to witness this, I can't!" or "I am eager to learn the lessons of the future!" after lines such as "get off my ass, dude" and "you realize this holiday exists so that you can buy more shit, right?"