Swallow - 2019 - 7/10
New bride Hunter is a mess of insecurities.
Of humble origins, she has married into wealth and status.
She doesn’t seems capable of doing much, nor is she given opportunity.
Besides esteem problems, she is overly eager to please.
When pregnancy arrives, a pica compulsion mounts.
(As someone with a mild pica myself, I know how insidious this can be.)
The pace is deliberate, in keeping with unearthing Hunter’s deeper issue.
Psychological story flirts with female oppression, and the family stain.
