A review by onemorebookpodcast
things we don't tell the people we love by huma qureshi

3.0

This was a Bookclub pick for April & an introduction to an author who is completely new to me. It is a collection of 10 short stories where the main characters in each story is a South East Asian woman, though that is not explicitly mentioned in the book. As the women go through life dealing with loss of loved ones (both born & unborn), struggles with new motherhood, romantic relationships, interracial relationships, strained mother-daughter relationships, friendships…the one thing that they all have in common is their 'unwillingness' to say out loud what they are thinking. Raise your hand if you struggle with this too