A beautiful literary look at what happens when women’s rights get taken away. I’m SURE that there were a lot of elements of this book that I didn’t pick up on because it is so deeply literary, full of allusions. But Zumas’ tale of women from different walks of life attempting to navigate a world in which they don’t have bodily autonomy is intensely thought provoking and heart wrenching. Zumas demonstrates the effect that fetal personhood would have on every woman—from the obvious lack of reproductive care, to the fact that women who truly want to be pregnant would not be able to since IVF is illegal. It seems dystopian in nature, but Zumas’ ideas in this book are not so far off from reality. A haunting read.