A review by marywahlmeierbracciano
Are You Enjoying? by Mira Sethi

challenging medium-paced

3.5

Mira Sethi’s debut—read by the author herself, who is also an actress, as evidenced by her effortless narration—is a tapestry of secret relationships and performance of all kinds.  In a few connected stories, the wife of a wealthy politician hopes to run for office following her husband’s retirement, her campaign a contradictory performance of working-class advocacy, Pakistani womanhood, and self-preservation.  Amid whirlwind trysts, drug dependency defies generation, as does misogyny.  These stories are colored by Pakistan’s complex political environment, and they all seem to ask, When must we perform?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Infidelity, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Chronic illness and Drug use