It’s difficult to find the words to describe this. It was so well written and made me genuinely feel every ounce of pain, and I was no where near ready to have experienced this. 10/10

Thank you netgalley for this book!

First of all i love the cover it is so cute and i love everything about it also i loved how the author writes from situations and hardships and important topics that go on in the world that we need to talk about i feel like alot of people will relate to this collection. I had favorites in this novel as well i really enjoyed the writing it was good! Great work.

I don't know Emily Perkovich, but I feel weirdly proud of her for this collection. It is not easy to put into words the massive thing that is womanhood — the grief of it and the rage of it and the hopelessness of it and the all of it — but Perkovich manages, her words at times conversational, at times contemplative, and always mightily affecting. I admire her honesty as much as I do her talent (that is, lots and lots!).

Some stand-out favorites: "5," "May Crowning," "Barefoot Desperados," "but the mouth sheds the caterpillar's fangs," "Snuff," "Roxanne."

Thank you to Alien Buddha Press for providing an e-copy of this collection via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.