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Short stories, an essay, and an interview with the author

I loved "The Book of the Unnamed Midwife" so I decided to listen to the 'Eating the Fantastic' podcast in which Scott Edelman interviews Meg Elison (and I liked that, too). After hearing the author talk about her work, I immediately got hold of "Big Girl" even though short stories are not typically my jam. So good!

In order of how much I enjoyed them, I'd rank the contents as:
- 'Such People in It' (what the world might be like if Trump or someone like him had gotten another term in office)
- 'The Pill' (a 'miracle pill' is created that allows people to lose all the weight they want with 'only' a 10% chance of dying)
- 'Gone with Gone with the Wind' (essay about the author reading and re-reading this book and changing what she sees in it)
- 'Big Girl' (about a teenager who turns into a 350' tall woman)
- 'Guts' (about a mother who gets weight loss surgery)
- the interview with the author
- 'El Hugé' (a group of teenagers blow up a giant pumpkin)

I will definitely read the other two books in the Midwife trilogy and look forward to whatever Meg Elison writes.