4/4.5 stars

I really enjoyed this book, perhaps even more than The Vanishing Half. It was such a unique story with beautiful writing that explored the nuances of abortion, motherhood, religion, community, family, and mental health. Here are some of my favorite quotes:

* oh girl, we have known littlebit love. that littlebit of honey left in an empty jar that traps the sweetness in your mouth long enough to mask your hunger. we have run tongues over teeth to savor that last littlebit as long as we could, and in all our living, nothing has starved us more. (10%)

* grief was not a line, carrying you infinitely further from loss. you never knew when you would be sling-shot backward into its grip. (21%)

* but she hasn’t yet learned the mathematics of grief. the weight of what has been lost is always heavier than what remains.  (77%)