This book touches on a range of sensitive topics including an age-gap romance (subtly implied), infidelity, personality disorders, eating disorders, suicide, and more. But it’s written with such wit and irony that I really enjoyed reading it.
Our main character Greta has just moved to a new town to start a job as a transcriber for a sex therapist named Om. She ends up living in a crumbling old house that’s infested with bees, together with her eccentric roommate Sabine. As the story unfolds we start learn about Greta’s traumatic past involving her mother, her life with Sabine, and the romantic feelings she develops for one of Om’s clients, whom she’s mever met and just calls “Big Swiss.”
Through her search for love, healing, and connection, Greta becomes increasingly real and relatable, not necessarily because of her choices, but because her experiences.
The author’s writing style is both soothing and authentic. At times, entire chapters consist solely of therapy session transcripts, with only brief interjections from Greta.
I truly loved this book and wish I could experience it for the first time all over again.
