Member Review
Review by
Jo L, Reviewer
There were so many moments when I felt seen by Grace Adams and her creator, Fran Littlewood.
Grace Adams has had enough of the micro aggressions of daily life that a woman has to endure: the builders' catcalls, the man on the tube who presses into her, the blank sneer of the woman in the cake shop. But there's more going on in Grace's past and Littlewood takes us back to key moments in Grace's life. The book is spread over the course of the hours in one day, but during this day we travel back in time so that we understand how she has come to this point, lost in her career and losing touch with her 16-year-old daughter and her husband.
There's plenty of wit and humour and it was a joy to read about menopausal symptoms tackled with such frankness. But the loss at the heart of this book is what has stayed with me, and the way that Grace's unravelling is deftly revealed to us.
Grace is a woman who needs to be heard: as a 47-year-old woman who has missed out on opportunities (while her husband's career flourished) and also as a woman who is carrying a heavy load. I can't wait to see Grace's entrance into the world in 2023.
Grace Adams has had enough of the micro aggressions of daily life that a woman has to endure: the builders' catcalls, the man on the tube who presses into her, the blank sneer of the woman in the cake shop. But there's more going on in Grace's past and Littlewood takes us back to key moments in Grace's life. The book is spread over the course of the hours in one day, but during this day we travel back in time so that we understand how she has come to this point, lost in her career and losing touch with her 16-year-old daughter and her husband.
There's plenty of wit and humour and it was a joy to read about menopausal symptoms tackled with such frankness. But the loss at the heart of this book is what has stayed with me, and the way that Grace's unravelling is deftly revealed to us.
Grace is a woman who needs to be heard: as a 47-year-old woman who has missed out on opportunities (while her husband's career flourished) and also as a woman who is carrying a heavy load. I can't wait to see Grace's entrance into the world in 2023.
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