The strength...is the ‘unashamed honesty’ with which these women are laid out before us...This short story collection is a welcome addition to prose fiction written by women which offers honest, keen insights into the inner workings of a woman’s mind and heart, her very psyche. Women at different stages in their lives—single, married, working, opting for fulltime mothering and housekeeping; women keeping houses, homes in the country, in countries abroad; coping with, unable to cope with financial problems, extramarital affairs, frustrations big and small, and more—all find under the microscope of this writer.