A review by zamyatins_fears
Pen America Best Debut Short Stories 2017 by

2.0

Another short that I listened to via the Levar Burton Reads podcast. I really enjoyed the premise of this story. It's about three women who know how to pickle their memories in jars for safekeeping, allowing them to forget bad memories, without completely losing them. I felt that the story itself felt a little rushed and ended up feeling a little flat for me. I wish there had been more character exploration, as the characters felt a little wooden. Still, it was a cute story with a theme that I usually enjoy, it just didn't feel like the author explored the concept very much and some of the transitions as time passed seemed a little clumsy.