A review by msjoanna
The Cost of Lunch, Etc.: Short Stories by Marge Piercy

4.0

A quietly biting collection of short stories looking in on the lives of women over the last four or five decades as they imagine their futures, careers, and romances. Overall, the stories are depressing--failed relationships, disappointing men, suffocating domesticity. And yet, there's something also threading through that's optimistic. These women have a core of strength in the midst of the stories--they strive for more, they pull out of the disappointing relationships, and some of them find contentment.

The writing is strong. The stories gave me something to think about. I think this little collection will stay with me for a while.