We need to talk

Let’s imagine an ordinary woman with a peaceful marriage and a preadolescent son. A life that is more or less happy, more or less normal. Until one day, her husband asks her for permission to sleep with another woman. Just once, he promises. And she says yes.

However, the same night he goes to see his lover, she meets a friend and tells her what is happening. It is then, with a glass of wine in hand, that she realizes she doesn’t feel jealous or angry. Much worse: she feels absolutely nothing.

With a style full of tenderness and humor, this novel weaves together the stories of two women in very different moments: Tima, who has been living in indifference for far too long, and Eva, a successful professional with a fear of commitment until one day she meets someone who makes her rethink everything.

Bárbara Montes speaks to us about real-life relationships, without sugarcoating them, and about that moment when you realize that all the rules you had set and the plans you had made actually mean nothing. Because true love is untimely, difficult, and sometimes absurd. But it is always worth it.