This captures the feeling of trying to maintain love and connection as your family (and you!) evolve into different people in different phases of life. The week at the beach house felt like a one act play.

I feel like the POV of the menopausal is very rarely highlighted; female characters get shunted straight from 40 to the nursing home. It’s a lot to go through, and I was glad to see a lot of that highlighted. It was interesting.