This book has everything I think makes "a good book": a story with multiple cultural viewpoints, women as central characters, authored by a woman, unique and skillful writing, and art/creativity as a foundational subject. I loved this book so much that I had to set a limit for myself so that I could savor it (I could only read one chapter per day). Evaristo explores the complex intersections of age, race, gender, sexuality and class through multi-voiced, interlinked, familial short stories with a play as the sun of the text. It is for good reason(s) that Evaristo won the 2019 Booker Prize.