No Thanks

For essays about rejecting motherhood and Christianity and about living abroad, this collection was surprisingly unresonating. There's an unnecessary and specific march of ‘this is what tools of the patriarchy would say'. Keturah confronts cultural confines except for those that work for her, with a blind spot for capitalist values. The worth of other humans in her life are weighed up transactionally. You're out of the running if you hold the wrong passport. And she takes a general jab at ‘overweight and homely' women as more obviously having nothing to offer beyond a green card.

‘What the Wound Reveals' was the most personally evocative in addressing the acceptance of mediocre friendships when you're young, inexperienced and/or out of your element.

She refers to Black atheist and secular humanist groups and shares conversations with friends, scholars, and community leaders that some readers may find a support.