Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng is superb! Deftly handles race, abortion, adoption, the Richardson's lives are forever changed when transient Mia and her daughter Pearl become their duplex rental tenants. The orderly world of Shaker Heights is rocked on multiple fronts.
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo is raw and brutally honest. A biography of three real women: Maggie in ND who had an affair with her high school teacher and wrestling with the depth of its impact (and the trial that resulted); Lina in Indiana who is in a loveless marriage and having an affair with her high school boyfriend; and Sloane who lives in upper class New England and has sex with other people at the request of her beloved husband. The author also tells a bit of her own story, or actually it’s her mother’s. The author does not analyze the relationships, that is left to the reader. For me, it reinforced the belief that a woman’s sexuality, and very identity, is complex as a culmination of childhood experiences, cultural expectations and basic need to be seen. I most identified with Maggie - or with the author’s portrayal of her. It continues to amaze me how scrupulously women's behavior is judged vs. men’s.
Next up:
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
