Where much of the existing scholarship on Nancy Mairs has approached her essays in the context of disability studies this book seeks to broaden the conversation through a wider range of critical perspectives and with attention to underrepresented aspects of Mairs s oeuvre. With particular attention to the ways Mairs shapes her essays around a variety of unspeakables -such as depression female sexuality and infidelity mortality and death or the struggle for faith in a post-modern world-this collection demonstrates Mairs s provocative combination of bold ethics and subtle aesthetics.