In a review published in
The Saturday Paper,
Linda Jaivin described the book as a "parade of lyrical fragments – sensual moments, family stories, ethical inquiries and daily records". Reviewing the book in
Westerly, Fiona Wilkes described the book as "a marvel" and wrote that "each page is heavy with love for all parties and an awareness of the pain that often comes when one follows their heart". The judging panel of the
Stella Prize wrote that the book was written in "delicate and delicious strokes" and that its subject was "no mid-life crisis...rather, it is a mid-life realising of desire and possibility; of queer becoming". ==Awards==