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This one gave me an actual nightmare. This terrifying and saddening yet incredibly empowering and well-written memoir really exposes the pain and discomfort that is triggered by other people’s ‘gloating’ - whether it be about their children, their partners, their financial situation - when you are struggling with (one of) these yourself. You never know what the person standing in front of you is dealing with.

Oh I loved this book. I loved the detail, how it was more often than not a slow story, sometimes even without a clear purpose or direction - like life itself. Sometimes it flows one way, sometimes it feels like it stands still.