After her partner of ten years leaves her, a woman looks over the shopping list the partner left behind and thinks back over their story together, prompted by each item, starting with six eggs. Over the course of this, Ruth is set to learn who she is when alone rather than living for others ______________'An impressive, Sally Rooney-esque debut novel' New Statesman'Shelf Life is whip-smart, slyly heartbreaking, and I felt the truth of it in my bones.
