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“A man comes home late from work on Good Friday after an ugly fight with his wife. Ugly ugly ugly, the worst they’ve ever known. Barely recognised one another. Unplumbed reservoirs of hate. She hasn’t been taking his calls all day. Those things he said after she hit him. Well well well. She knows he doesn’t mean them, right? It’s the Easter break. They were supposed to go away but he went to the office….

christ this book is incredible birth control

I'm doing a re-read.

The last time, I devoured it, in a few sittings in my Kindle. I couldn't put it down.

This is one of the most important books of my life. As someone who navigated the ups and downs of postpartum depression (the isolation, confusion, gloom, and blur, the highs and lows) , I never felt so heard, and so understood until this book.

This time I have a paperback. I'm going to annotate every phrase.

A re-read to savour all the flavours again.