Timecode of a Face David Boyd and haunting minds of women

and haunting minds of women navigating the messy

These eleven stories confront misogyny

the unspoken rules of a new culture

Dust storms roll relentlessly across the plains

and slowly transforms the quiet town around her

Timecode of a Face David Boyd and haunting minds of womenWhat did your face look like before your parents were born? Who are you? What is your true self? These are the questions in Ruth Ozeki's mind as she challenges herself to spend three hours gazing into her own reflection, recording every thought and detail. What follows are a lifetime's worth of meditations on race, ageing, family, death, the body, self doubt and, finally, acceptance. In this profound encounter with memory and the mirror, Ozeki weaves