In many ways, a sentimental book, forbearing toward its characters and essentially optimistic about the human capacity to change for the better. In clumsier hands, it could have devolved into an apology for men behaving badly ... . In a world that offers little in the way of consequences for abusers—indeed, where abusers can be rewarded for their temerity—we might decide, as Zoé does, to get up, get out, and build another world with anyone willing to try. A life worth living is its own form of revenge, and so is a self you can live it with.
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