Die Wut, die bleibt

The pandemic did a great job of reminding everyone again how lowly valued all the care-work is that falls onto women. In this novel a family loses a mother, and a friend and a daughter try to fill the gap. Because they want to, because they need to, because no man would ever do so. While they grapple with grief and anger at the sudden suicide, a deeper anger emerges, at society's misogyny, at the failure of the previous generations. Anger bubbles up, becomes raging activism and rebellion in the teenage daughter, while the friend slowly unwinds herself from what her world has taught her to accept. This was a really good listen. Sometimes too on the nose (the father being a total schmuck) but hey, it is what it is. Lola's gang, with their methological approach, sometimes reminded me of the [b:GRM: Brainfuck 43465986 GRM Brainfuck Sibylle Berg https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546646384l/43465986.SY75.jpg 67587992] kids. Merged review:The pandemic did a great job of reminding everyone again how lowly valued all the care-work is that falls onto women. In this novel a family loses a mother, and a friend and a daughter try to fill the gap. Because they want to, because they need to, because no man would ever do so. While they grapple with grief and anger at the sudden suicide, a deeper anger emerges, at society's misogyny, at the failure of the previous generations. Anger bubbles up, becomes raging activism and rebellion in the teenage daughter, while the friend slowly unwinds herself from what her world has taught her to accept. This was a really good listen. Sometimes too on the nose (the father being a total schmuck) but hey, it is what it is. Lola's gang, with their methological approach, sometimes reminded me of the [b:GRM: Brainfuck 43465986 GRM Brainfuck Sibylle Berg https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546646384l/43465986.SY75.jpg 67587992] kids.