Jiyoung’s life is ordinary until she begins to exhibit a strange "psychosis": she starts speaking in the voices of other women, both living and dead. As her concerned husband sends her to a psychiatrist, we are taken through a chronological "case study" of her life, from childhood favoritism of her brother to the soul-crushing invisible labor of motherhood . Why It Hits Hard
However, its themes are universal. The pressure to be perfect, the wage gap, the "mommy penalty," and the societal gaslighting of women's emotions are issues that transcend borders. It forces the reader to ask: How many women are suffering in silence, and how many "depressed" women are actually reacting rationally to an irrational world? Jiyoung’s life is ordinary until she begins to
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