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A review by happiestwhenreading
Tilda Is Visible by Jane Tara
4.0
Something weird happens to women around their 40th birthday. For me, I began noticing that my clothes fit differently (and it wasn't just because of the inevitable weight gain that mysteriously happened around this time too. It's more like things began...shifting. IYKYK), wrinkles popped up (seemingly out of nowhere), and skin started sagging.
But, as Jane Tara puts forth in her upcoming debut novel, the changes are just physical. Women seem to start to...disappear.
At first, Tilda notices that her pinky finger is gone. Then her ear, and eventually her neck. What is happening?
As she tries to figure the mystery out, she explores support groups (too depressing), therapy (meh at first, but eventually a win!), and meditation (this is Tilda's favorite).
While a lot of the book was just too woo woo for me (Sorry not sorry that yoga, meditation, silence retreats etc aren't for me), there are parts where I even chuckled out loud, and most importantly, I loved the use of metaphor employed by Tara that really proved the point that there is a massive shift that occurs for women in their 40s-50s that just isn't experienced by men.
I have yet to read The Husbands by Holly Gramazio yet, but I have a feeling the methods behind both stories are the same. Women are not **literally** disappearing, but they are. Who sees them once their bodies have changed, they're not busy raising children, and their "purpose" as society has dictated has ended?
This would make such a great discussion book among friends, and while I don't feel like I've completely disappeared (yet?), I do feel so much about this book.
But, as Jane Tara puts forth in her upcoming debut novel, the changes are just physical. Women seem to start to...disappear.
At first, Tilda notices that her pinky finger is gone. Then her ear, and eventually her neck. What is happening?
As she tries to figure the mystery out, she explores support groups (too depressing), therapy (meh at first, but eventually a win!), and meditation (this is Tilda's favorite).
While a lot of the book was just too woo woo for me (Sorry not sorry that yoga, meditation, silence retreats etc aren't for me), there are parts where I even chuckled out loud, and most importantly, I loved the use of metaphor employed by Tara that really proved the point that there is a massive shift that occurs for women in their 40s-50s that just isn't experienced by men.
I have yet to read The Husbands by Holly Gramazio yet, but I have a feeling the methods behind both stories are the same. Women are not **literally** disappearing, but they are. Who sees them once their bodies have changed, they're not busy raising children, and their "purpose" as society has dictated has ended?
This would make such a great discussion book among friends, and while I don't feel like I've completely disappeared (yet?), I do feel so much about this book.