PositiveThe New York Times Book ReviewChelsea Bieker breathes thrilling, risky energy into the familiar trope of the madwoman ... Bieker’s women are no fragile Ophelias or Madeline Ushers... they are complex and shrewd, claiming an agency that lends the novel much of its twisty, propulsive plot ... Exposition breaks some of the novel’s spell. But the prose crackles with tiny shocks and arresting images that more than make up for these brief lapses ... Bieker’s writing is raw, breathlessly confessional, brilliant in its depiction of the long shadows cast by domestic violence ... A well-paced and absorbing page-turner that’s worth the price of a couple of fair-trade coffees and probiotic coconut yogurts.
