All Fours

“Delightful, absurd, perfect.”

“Funny, sexy, weird, and ultimately very optimistic. A total delight.”

“My book club just read this and it prompted a really fun and fascinating discussion!”

“I expected to find this book perverse based on what I had heard, but I didn't experience it that way at all. A really beautiful love story. Love for the flawed self, for lovers, friends, heartache, kids, pain. Just a very special read.”

“There are no words. “Pure Joy” to read.”

“Across four parts, Miranda July catalogs aging and agency, mothering and friendship, desire and dancing, love and romance, fame and celebrity. At the heart of the story is a woman reorienting herself in middle age, looking closer and, in turn, asking to be seen. Revisit my interview with Miranda July for Coveteur here (and this Slow Stories essay for more thoughts).”

“All Fours is a semi autobiographical book about an artist going through perimenopause who starts to question her marriage, and then monogamy. I read All Fours expecting it to be similar to July's previous work, which tends to be dreamy and weird and inspiring. I did not anticipate that I would also find it relatable and tame.”

“Has prompted discussions among friends about whether it produces more sweat to watch someone do loony stuff in a book or on tv. I say tv.”

“Menopausal women who love to dance and go on aborted road trips, REJOICE. Miranda July captures THE CHANGE and has normalized the conversation surrounding menopause in the most brilliant and relatable way imaginable. Also great for frustrated creatives looking to rekindle their mojo in Monrovia. It's got a good beat. I can dance to it!”

“A pervy book about a woman aging. What more could you ask for?”

“like the rest of the female world, I was hooked by this audiobook. I also learned about menopause through this book… it’s a wild ride but hang on”

“Absolutely no one needs another review of this book, but it does indeed contain a terrible woman and I need it for my Terrible Woman Reading List. Honestly, I felt embarrassed the whole time. It’s was the dancing.”

“absurdity”

“Red Rover Red Rover send all late-in-life lesbians right over.”