In these twelve short stories, Curtis Sittenfeld doesn't so much pin contemporary middle-aged women, as let them fly. There were some I'd read before in a previous very very short collection, but they definitely were worth reading again: Show Don't Tell, and White Women LOL especially. The things the (mostly) women have to deal with are funny, awkward, sad, and joyful. All of life, I suppose, but written with such a wonderful ear for humanity. Highly recommended.