but just as much not going on so much as lurking in the background in an ambiguous ‘maybe you see me and maybe you don’t and whaddya gonna make of me?’ kind of way, leaving the reader to connect their own dots. It’s only 115 pages, but there’s a lot going on.

at its most reductive “it’s about this”-ness, it is the story of a woman who gets up in the middle of the night to bake a cake, leaving a new lover sleeping peacefully in her bed while she passes the pre-dawn hours thinking about her brief marriage to a man who killed himself, unpacking her memories of their relationship, searching for clues. but just as much not going on so this book is all of the sibilants: subtle, suggestive, sensual, sensory. it’s only 115 pages, but there’s a lot going on. This book is all of the sibilants: subtle, suggestive, sensual, sensory. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.more Thank you to the publisher and Edelweiss who provided me with a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. She effectively used her pages to tell her tale. For a small book, the Author tackled a heavy subjects - suicide/death, moving on, jealousy, etc. I could feel the quiet of the night, the quiet of the house as she baked. Ever have something that weighs on your mind, that keeps you up at night? This is basically the premise. It's a quiet study on a woman's life - or at least- her reflections on her relationship with her husband. This is not a page turner by any stretch. This is a translated book, and some may feel some things are lost in translation. Something has been on her mind, something troubling, and as she bakes, she reflects, she remembers, and then starts a new day. A woman who wants answers and is kept up by her baking and reflections on her married life. For me it was more of a study on human nature. Due to its size there isn't much room for character development or answers to all questions. It doesn't have a lot of characters of plot to it. I enjoyed this book and found that it worked as a nice book to read in one sitting. He is a man who was also left alone by a spouse - not by death - his wife left.

She is not alone in the house, her lover is sleeping upstairs. After so many years she is still trying to make sense of her husband's suicide. The middle of the night is her baking time, but it is also a time of reflection. A woman gets up in the middle of the night to bake a cake and while she is baking, she thinks back upon her short marriage (14 months), the events leading up to her meeting her husband, and their brief marriage which ended with his death. That is the question that runs through this very short novel. 3.5 stars Why, why did he do it? That is the question that runs through this very short novel.

Sleepless night book