"To me, shock or rampant anxiety is one of the most interesting things to write about," she explained when I asked about writing in the language of shock. Information comes through in spurts time feels disconnected. As the characters work their way through longing and grief, there's the recurring sense that what they're really doing is wading through the recognition that their worlds do not look the way they wanted them to. It is the wording of these women's stories that struck me as so similar to the anecdote from Phillips' childhood. However, the narrative soon spirals inwards until readers find themselves rethinking the characters they thought they knew. What unfolds from there feels, at first, like a collection of isolated storylines about unrelated strangers. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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