Bailing at 23%. I'm not sure why I should care about the story based on what I've read so far.

Introverted Susan and extrovert Norma became friends almost by accident, thrown together professionally they realise they actually need each other. Whilst Susan marries her first serious boyfriend and drops out of college, Norma rushes from one relationship to another and and becomes an acclaimed writer. Now both middle-aged and working at the same University they rediscover their value to each other as a pandemic looms.
Every Nina Stibbe book is a joy from start to finish and this is no exception. The reader warms to Susan whilst getting incredibly frustrated with her passiveness and vacillates between love and hate for Norma. The skill of Stibbe is to get the reader to empathise with each character and yet laugh out loud and the absurdity and mundanity. Just a really wonderful book. ( )