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This collection of short stories is about women and their experiences in society, about bodies and the bodily, mapping the skin and bones of its characters through their experiences of isolation, obsession and love. Throughout the collection, women become insects, men turn to stone, a city becomes insomniac and bodies are picked apart to make up better ones. The mundane worlds of schools and seaside towns are invaded and transformed, creating a landscape which is constantly shifting to hold on to the bodies of its inhabitants.

Jessica Porpo is a respected restaurant critic who is finally getting burned out on her job. After years of fancy, overwrought menus that ooze with pretention, Jessica is taking a well-deserved vacation to a small town in the mountains with simple foods and a relaxing atmosphere. Things are going great until Jessica discovers that a local dinosaur named Reba has opened a restaurant that’s as experimental and overblown as they come. Her curiosity piqued, Jessica pays Reba a visit with the intention of slamming her food.