Many thanks to NetGalley, HarperCollins | Mariner Books, and HarperAudio for gifting me both a digital and audio ARC of this debut novel by Louise Wallace, perfectly narrated by Saskia Maarleveld and Natalie Beran. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4.5 stars!
Thea is a vet in a rural practice, called back from her maternity leave early. But the animals aren't causing her to be overwhelmed, it's everything else in her life. Then a weather event causes everything to change.
I loved this short novel but am so glad that I had the opportunity to both listen to it (and the fabulous narrators) and read it. In between the story are "figures," mostly poetic type musings, and hearing them spoken added so much. The weather event was eerily similar to the pandemic reactions (no toilet paper available!) and the dark ash falling on top of everything else in Thea's life was just so symbolic. This is such a unique and powerful look at all the demands of being a working mom of very young children.
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