Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine

Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine by Kristina Ten feels like that weird girl you know from school or work or the pub (which is a bit like the pot calling the kettle black) sits down next to you and starts talking. Some of what she says is obviously unrealistic, but it all feels true, and it encourages you to share your own weird stories.

The stories she tells have a dark sense of humor, but there’s an underlying melancholy to some of them, too. The subject matter ranges from whimsical to serious and includes the unexpected future of children’s fortune-tellers, the childhood habit of drying Elmer’s glue on your fingertips, the pressure of high school sports, and the struggle women can have in making doctors take them seriously with themes of life as an immigrant and as a woman in a patriarchal society.

When she finishes her last story, you shake your head. You’ve laughed, you’ve gasped, you’ve groaned in commiseration, you may have even shed a tear or two. One thing’s for certain, you hope this isn’t the last time you run into her. You know she has more stories to tell, and you want to hear them.

Thank you to NetGalley and Stillhouse Press for the review copy for my unbiased opinion.

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