These quirky short stories are set in Dublin and Vancouver, and explore the lives of women slightly out of their element. Short and snappy, the stories paint quick and furious pictures of people and place; Hunter has a gift for providing the reader with enough background to make us care without losing the rhythm of the pieces. My two favorite stories were 'Hagiography' and 'At the Bus Stop in Love with the Idea'; both main characters take personally dangerous steps with bittersweet results. I felt rather lukewarm about the rest of the collection, especially the title novella; Hunter uses second person for those stories, and I felt like I was in an incredibly banal Choose-Your-Own-Adventure novel (especially since her characters made choices I never would!). A lovely read overall.