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Her friends urge her to go to the police to report the assault, but she refuses. . aren’t just characters. They are human. The result is a generous and empathic consideration of what it’s like to be someone else: in itself something of a miracle.

The book’s short, sharp chapters come alive in vivid personal anecdotes.

. . . . . Gay’s style isn’t paint-by-numbers, either. . . . . . . . Gay is an admirable risk-taker in her exploration of women’s lives and new ways to tell their stories.” —Kirkus Reviews