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Enid is obsessed with space. She can explain how a black hole stretches a person into strands, and the idea does not frighten her at all. What does frighten her is bald men, a phobia she works hard to keep quiet.

Her life outside that is busy and a little scattered. She plays true crime podcasts on repeat and goes through a rotation of women she meets on dating apps. Her father, who was never around, has died, and she is trying to build a relationship with her estranged half-sisters.

Then she slides into her first serious romance, almost without meaning to. Around the same time, she becomes convinced that someone is following her. Her paranoia grows, and so does her fear that something is badly wrong with her.

This is a contemporary novel with a quick pace and a comic tone. It is aimed at readers who have ever worried they might be a terrible person. The humor is quirky and warm, and the book stays hopeful even as Enid's suspicions tighten. The pressure comes from inside her head as much as from any stranger behind her.