RaveLos Angeles Review of BooksMlotek seizes divorce, holding her subject against the light and observing its many surfaces, from all angles. The inspection is rigorous—though not intended to be exhaustive—finding variations in narrative possibilities, subtleties in individual experiences, and imperfections in ideological positionings ... Moving fluidly between nonfiction modes of literary journalism, cultural criticism, and life writing ... With great care and attention, Mlotek dispenses commentary in quick succession, comfortably shifting from vast swathes of history to intimate pockets of popular culture, a skillful oscillation between the macro and micro.
