Status Updates From Muv: The Story of the Mitfo...

And the recap of Aunt Sadie describing childbirth as the worst pain in the world but one forgets between times is just so clumsy and inelegant compared to Nancy's version. When something is so delicious don't spoil it.

I don't feel very persuaded by the argument that of course Sydney was a loving mother because it's just "her daughters found her distant, but their cousins say Sydney was a better mother than their own" without any specific evidence. There is also a muddled claim that mothers are always better at caregiving than nannies, so mothers who delegate care shouldn't be surprised the children suffer. Wow.

Not quite happy with the handling of the antisemitic bigotry question. I know the author is unhappy about it but I think it is a mistake to scatter it around the way she does. It would be better off treated thoroughly in its own chapter.