Outline

Literary fiction following Faye, a writer on a teaching trip to Greece, her encounters with friends and strangers, each telling stories about themselves and their life. 
Overall I liked this book. The writing is dense and evocative, with a lot of gorgeous sentences that I would totally highlight if I was someone who annotated their books.  Each encounter felt like a little philosophical vignette where various themes like parenthood or marriage are discussed; each  conversation makes you confront it with your own opinions and ideas.  Some stories didn't really capture my attention or there was a certain distance with the characters' stories that made for a very disconnected reading, so I didn't feel really emotionally invested. Still, I powered through this surprisingly, mostly because of the gorgeous writing.  This book would be ideal for a book club, to discuss it with fellow readers.