RaveChapter 16“We Were the Universe, immerses readers in the kaleidoscopic psyche of Kit, a woman in her mid-20s, as she navigates parenting her unruly three-year-old daughter while mourning the death of her younger sister, Julie…Much of We Were the Universe reads like the transcript of a raunchy standup comedy show — if the comedian was a modern-day Edna Pontellier of The Awakening or Nora Helmer of A Doll’s House.”