Before a recent vacation I grabbed an ARC of Trying by Chloe Caldwell, which came out in August. It’s a memoir told vignette style about the author’s attempts to get pregnant, then unexpectedly, about the demise of her marriage. Caldwell covers infertility, betrayal, longing, and the discovery of her queerness, all in short chapters that give little glimpses into her life and what’s going on. “Trying” takes on new meanings beyond trying to get pregnant, as Caldwell attempts to work through the loss of the life she knew and the vision of motherhood she has been carrying for years. It’s a very quick read, with some pages only containing a paragraph or two. At times funny, at others deeply sad, Trying does what memoirs are supposed to do: allow you to walk in someone else’s shoes for a little while. I am glad I picked this one up, and I really appreciated the more experimental style in which she wrote it.