Such a brilliant collection. Recommended.
I resonated deeply with this as a wife/mother. Yamada focused on realism and according to the afterword, wasn‘t one to romanticize married life. I‘m not as cynical but I respect what she did here and how she felt about it. There were plenty of light-hearted/funny moments in between the serious ones. Ultimately, the focus is on women finding their own identities outside of their home/family. Which seems to transcend time and is personally relevant.