Probably one of the strongest short story collections I've ever read in my entire life. Folklore and fairy tale, mothers and daughters, modern times and days of yore, Arimah covers much space and time and history and does it beautifully. I have a notepad on my nightstand where I scrawled "She felt like a promise fulfilled" from one of her stories. There’s a story about a woman who weaves a child out of hair and one where mathematicians have solved the problem of grief. These are stories that will stick to your ribs longs after you’ve read them.