I appreciated that all of the entries in this book were very different from one another, and so they didn't get repetitive. Each story or poem was a very short, quick read. I think it was unique in that I wouldn't call some of these actual stories. Many felt more like vignettes, where you're getting a glimpse into a moment of a person's life. The author does a good job with conveying both the general situation and how the character (via mostly third person point of view) is feeling in that particular instance. 

I had a couple of favorite stories. In Awards Night, the focus is on an actress named Clara, who is attending an awards ceremony with her husband, who is a famous director. Throughout this night, she ends up reflecting on her current status, her career thus far, her general place in the industry, and how it relates back to her husband. By observing one particular award presentation, she comes to a moment of clarity and realization that turns bittersweet, only because it took her so long to reach it. In a succinct and indirect way, we're made to feel a bit sad at the lost time she could have spent in appreciation, but now it's too late, and the things she could have felt or fixed are fleeting and are now perhaps lost.

The Doll was another story that spoke to me. This one took place over a longer period of time, and was about one woman's journey to adulthood in terms of her relationship to her mother and her decision to not become a mother herself. I just thought that it was a sweet (but also sad) story, where the dolls were the throughline that connected her and her mother throughout the narrative. Again, the author was able to convey a sense of these characters and bring out the emotion in their story in only a few pages.