Fast read. Enjoyable book. My family used to take trips like this to the Cape when I was growing up so it was fun to reminisce and feel the setting but also have a very different perspective on the trip and life. I’m glad there’s more attention on post-menopausal women and miscarriage. Difficult subjects but the exploration of them felt true to life. Took me a while to connect to the main character but all in all a worthwhile read. 

Wow, I don’t know if I read this book at the perfect time to fall in love with it, but it really hit me in the feels! The perspective and characters were so lovely and even when they were fighting or pushing each other, you could feel the love and care they had for one another. I really loved how the story was written- the casualness of the main character made it feel like she was speaking to me. The banter with the mother, her husband, her children, and her own parents was so delightful and it really made me fall in love with them as a family. The Cape Cod scene was such a perfect setting and the descriptions of the location, food, smells, and feels made it feel like I was there.

There are definitely content warnings here and it’s quite possible that a more conservative reader would not like this as much as I did- I imagine this is why it has some low reviews as well.

Overall, it was short (I read in one sitting on a plane), emotional, and delightful. There were so many quotes that resonated with me and I’ll be thinking about it for a while.

This was good! It reads like a long internal monologue and the plot never resolves but that’s kinda the point? I don’t mean that in a bad way. It’s like a memoir, I guess but on fictional characters. The cape cod trip was what initially drew me in because I can deff relate to those parallels. The content is a bit heavy at times so please check the content warnings if you’re looking to avoid certain topics like pregnancy, pregnancy loss, etc. There were a few moments that made me laugh out loud and reminded me of the marvelous Mrs maisel traveling with her parents to camp in New York. A good quick read! 

*perfect* 💕
I’ve never read a book before that so perfectly illustrates the push-and-pull turmoil of motherhood and being a woman