very uneven collection, my favourite was definitely the 2nd last one about the cellist, or the one about the "frivolous" mother. or maybe the one about the actress mother and adoptive father. there was one written from the perspective of a tapeworm that was simply too weird for my taste, and most of the ones written from the perspective of men were just slightly off. overall, a mature collection with themes of identity, falling out of love and complicated relationships with the past. curious to read the books that won her the nobel prize.