The Last Thing He Told Me Is Also a Story About Unconventional Motherhood
The short chapter "The Last Thing He Told Me" near the end of Laura Dave's sixth novel stands out in comparison to the other chapters in the book. It bears the title "Everyone Should Take Inventory," and it is an inventory of everything that Hannah Hall, the protagonist of the story, knows to be true about Owen Michaels, her husband. If given the option, he would subsist solely on Pad Thai. Even when he showered, he never removed the wedding ring he wore. No matter how bad the movie was, he had to watch it all the way through till…