RaveBookreporterThrough nine pieces --- wildly different in genre, length, topic and tone --- she unravels the mysteries of experiencing time through moments of change and crisis. After a year defined by such moments, these essays are a compassionate companion ... Beard squeaks open a door to a rich world of people and experiences where time is elastic and everyone seems to know it ... She articulates the common sensations of time passing and beautifully narrates the connection between the suspended moments and everything that leads up to them ... includes fiction pieces that seamlessly flow from the nonfiction and memoir that dominate the majority of the pages ... Although the book in no way directly addresses the strange mental tax of a year of a pandemic, it feels like the perfect companion for our collective crisis.
