The Shame
A Novel

So, I may have started a book that was not intended for me. As someone single and commitment-free, it's difficult to relate to a book that speaks about the inescapability of motherhood. Even so, I have to admit that this book is thought-provoking, raw, and overall compelling. I enjoyed the psycholog......more

This book is so freaking good. Fearless brilliant hilarious spot-on vicious irresistible. (Not to mention the goddamn sentences.) Blows the roof off the literary novel. Now everyone go read so we can discuss our collective obsession and envy.......more

3.5 kind of amazing wonderful kind of idk......more

This was fine...I feel no strong reception to it for better or for worse. The Shame dissects the shame and discomfort surrounding domestic life and motherhood. Alma has grown increasingly disenchanted with her life as a stay-at-home mother and can't help but feel stifled. She compares herself to the......more