GIRL DINNER by Olivie Blake
I picked GIRL DINNER from my upcoming NetGalley arcs.
This is my first experience with Blake and I was absolutely surprised.
GIRL DINNER is about two women and in the beginning you’re not really sure how they’re connected but as the story takes place all of that is explained.
Sloane is a newer mother who has found herself in the passenger seat of the car of her life. She’s not sure she can still call herself a true feminist as in her life and in her marriage and relationships she takes on a more traditional role.
Not a Trad Wife or really a housewife she struggles to see herself when she looks in the mirror. She is learning for her what makes a “good woman” and what makes a “good mother” and a “good wife.” She feels she is ultimately failing at being the role model she wants for her daughter.
Nina is our other point of view and she is rushing a sorority. She is dealing with a specific form of racism, the lack of finding herself amongst her peers and might have just landed herself in some kind of cult.
While reading GIRL DINNER I laughed. I felt seen. I wanted to meet a few women at dawn on the bridge with a stick of matches. Ultimately, I was hungry.
It made me think of the status quo and all the ways I have bound myself by my own ideas of what a woman should be, could be and do.
I appreciated the conversation about bad feminism and know better now what to expect from Blake.
What a gift!
Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the advanced copy!
I gave Girl Dinner four stars! I really enjoyed it.
GIRL DINNER comes out in October.
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