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Thanks to Netgalley and Hogarth for the early ebook. The first thing we learn about Dorthy, the narrator of this short, but sharp novel, is that she has two therapists. She has her original therapist and a second therapist that she’s seeing to make sure that the first therapist is doing her job correctly. An adjunct professor of English in NYC, Dorthy feels like her career is stalled. She also, more importantly, has just had a miscarriage that she’s not telling anyone about, not her mother, her two therapists or even Gaby, her best friend whose own life has gotten so much busier as she has had her first child. After a conference in Las Vegas where Dorthy runs into her peers and her mentor, she truly sees that her career is going nowhere. She comes home and attends a party thrown by Gaby only to find out that Gaby is pregnant once again. This is a fun novel with a tough sense of humor. You know you’re in trouble in life when you have so many people around you but you’d rather argue and talk to the imaginary people in your mind instead.

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