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Anyone who has asked, ‘Am I the problem?’  Joy Watson’s exquisite excavation of the female psyche traces the inner lives of three women: Zara, Mira and Thuli. Their stories unfold in fragments, with beginnings, middles and endings that are not always clean, and are interwoven with reflections from the author’s own experience. These are real stories, lightly fictionalised to protect those who lived them.  If you have ever felt lonelier in a relationship than you were on your own, this book is for you. 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