A collection of stories about women in love, and the relief and sadness that comes with learning to love another and oneself

Two women bond over a balloon cactus. A mother steals glances at her teenage daughter in the rear-view mirror. A bride misses her best friend on the eve of her wedding. An open support group for women who think too much. What is woman’s love? No Wonder, Women is an ode to women—to hearts that love fiercely and feel deeply. A glimpse into the lives of women who are trying to love without unloving themselves.

Carissa Foo is a writer and lecturer. She received her PhD from Durham University where she worked on spatiality and modernist women’s writing. Her research and writing interests centre on women’s experiences and expressions. Her first novel If It Were Up to Mrs Dada was longlisted for the Epigram Books Fiction Prize and was published in 2018. Her second novel What We Learned from Driving in Winter was published in 2022. No Wonder, Women is her first short story collection.