Marie Mutsuki Mockett's latest novel about a wife and mother is wise and sensitive, and a stunning reflection on how we reinvent ourselves when we're left with no other choice.
, the unnamed narrator considers her mother's garden, which has fallen into some disrepair. She is particularly concerned about a series of particular flowers:"Many plants in the garden seemed to be faltering, but the fuchsias, which she had loved as a child and which supplied food for the hummingbirds, who would now have less to eat, were one wrong thing too many."
The trip wasn't supposed to be long-term, but a new viral pandemic, which has shut down non-essential air travel, has thrown a wrench in her plans. She is sheltering at her mother's house, teaching her studentsremotely, and spending a lot of time in her mother's elaborate garden, the state of which worries her.
The two begin an affair, which the narrator does her best to navigate; she hasn't had sex with her emotionally unavailable husband in six years. The sexlessness of her marriage isn't the only symptom of the relationship's decay — her husband is a somewhat boorish workaholic whose conversations with his wife are limited to ones about whatever he has read on Twitter that day. Dean, by contrast, asks the narrator questions and listens to her answers.
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