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I am LOVING these!! A few remind me so much of Petri's lighthearted-satire->stab-you-with-reality trick. Bender does this beautiful thing where she starts with absurdity and makes it really real and painful. She gives a lot of depth to experience quickly, makes those compelling mundane connections that breathe familiarity and the more charming aspects of humanity into her chars. Prose reminiscent of Atwood & Olds.