A review by heddagobbler
The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy

— "She wanted to leave the room and find somewhere else to be, but then she remembered she lived there and it was her home."

— " ... to tell her the truth about the things he wanted: 'a place of my own to live in, with a woman of my own and perhaps a child of my own. There's nothing extraordinary about wanting such things. No, there is nothing extraordinary about all those nice things. Except that she knew it would cost her more than it would cost him."