I think I saw this on some random Best of 2024 list, and was intrigued because I didn’t see it on any others, and the library had the audiobook, so why not? And I really enjoyed it. It’s the story of a young woman who writes a play that is based on a summer that she spent in Greece with her novelist father. The narrative elegantly braids together her actual memories of the summer, scenes from the play, her father’s reactions as he watches the play alone, and the conversation she’s having with her mother while her father is at the play — as her mother describes moving back in with her father (ie, the mother’s ex-husband) during lockdown and the reflections on their relationship that resulted.
It’s a smart, nuanced, and very engaging novel about parents and children, and the sexual awakenings of an adolescent girl, contemporary gender politics, how we transform life into art (particularly: theater), and how people respond to fiction. I highly recommend it.
Kasia Reads 
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