Well well well, this was an absolutely delicious little morsel of Feminist Magical Realism. It was the perfect balance of dark and light. At times the subject material (in several different ways) was harsh and is difficult to look at but mostly because there was such a chilling undercurrent of truth in ALL OF IT. Terrible little chunks of ugly truths (most especially for women) but to combat that there was a fantastic trio of strong women that you couldn't help feeling like you wished could be your best friends in real life. 

Also, I loved that these leading ladies were middle aged! It was refreshing and a great highlight on some of the very real struggles and triumphs that can come in that time of your life. As someone that has a kid in college that is making my way to the back 40, I found I could relate to some of the content. As a side note, I started reading this the day after the Supreme Court leak about Roe v Wade and to be honest I think it was a fitting read for this time especially. Jo, Nessa and Harriet helped lighten the load a bit in a sense and helped inspire to not back down in the face of injustice. 

Very timely, smart and wickedly satisfying. I will say that I did figure out the larger plot line fairly early on but there was a lot more being said in this story other than the whodunit which kept me more than happily blazing along.