·Offers a nuanced look from an award-winning essayist into midwestern exurb communities, a vital part of experience around major cities that is understudied and written about.
·Offers fresh perspectives on womanhood, relationships, work, and love from a distinctly Gen X voice.
·A lyrical and language-driven memoir about place, which helps provide a new picture of exurban Illinois and the Midwest more broadly.
·Gives a detailed portrait of an often overlooked and underwritten area of the United States.
·Broadens our understanding of the diverse communities that make up the American Midwest.