this year hasn't been the best for me book-wise, since i have been constantly having reading slumps and i have had to change my reading goal a few times, lmao. i just haven't been able to get into most of the books i tried to read. however, reading has always been one of my hobbies and, for whatever reason, i especially missed it today. so, thanks to my audiobook app i have been able to find a short story that i genuinely ended up loving!

the story follows a "one-month nanny", a late middle-aged woman who takes care of mothers and their newborns during their first month. she never gets attached to any of the families she works with but, of course, this new mother and baby she is nursing seem to break her rules. i believe this is an interesting topic to write about and one thing about me is i am a sucker for stories about human connection so, yeah!

i think i need to shoutout both the author and the narrator of the book. the writing style blurs the line between what the main character feels and thinks (and should probably say out loud) and what her actual utterances. i feel like if i hadn't listened while reading my experience would probably be a bit different. oh, and also, despite the shortness of the story, there were some fun one liners as well as deeper ones. once again, loved that.

i often enjoy short stories and i am aware that they usually stick to giving a brief glimpse into a situation or a character's life and i am okay with that!

i am not surprised by open endings, even though in this case i would have loved to know if the nanny decided to keep the baby she was nursing or move on with her life.

but i feel like with this book i really wanted to get some more back story of every single character and mostly the main one. 

regardless of that, if you, like me, enjoy short stories i totally recommend this one! i believe it's worth it to spend about 30 minutes reading it because it will 100% make you reflect on one or even more different topics.