[..]she listened to the sounds of Richard getting ready for bed: click of a light switch, rush of water in the sink, sounds of an intimate, shared life, so maddeningly calm and deliberate that each was another stone in the wall rising between them."

I have always really enjoyed books that tackle grief, and all of the ways human beings process the unavoidable experience of major loss. This book was no exception. This was full of twists and turns of darkness, as well as that overwhelming feeling of "how dare the world keep turning when my loved one is no longer here?" I was really impressed with the writing, and ended up with a good handful of annotations even with something so short.

I don't want to say much more to spoil anything. Absolutely worth the hour or two of your time to read.