here's the final critical evaluation of ayelet waldman's book in the washpost, by annys shinn:

After reading these stories, plenty of parents will fault Waldman for something or other. Plenty more will be able to relate.

seriously, those non-sentences are the tag of a "book" "review." it is, i suppose, an assessment of the book's literary quality, its intellectual ballast, its prose style, its depth and precision etc. it's great to "relate." i'm glad you feel better. now pretend you can read.