REVIEW: “The Climacteric” by Caren Gussoff Sumption

Review of Caren Gussoff Sumption, “The Climacteric,” Luna Station Quarterly 61 (2025): 167-172 — Purchase online. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman.

This is a story that probably all too many women will identify with — a story of how women are taught to make themselves small, to not ask for too much. For me, it was the sort of story that leaves me feeling worse off after having read it, weighed down by a sad, heavy depression. I did like the cat, though.