Deciduous Gazettes

Deciduous Gazettes was a little confusing for me to read. The basic concept of the story is that women marry men who cheat. And the rest of the tale is about what happens when those men get caught, and the choices that women do, or do not have, when it comes to either divorce, or revenge. The first portion of the story is told about a woman who knows that her husband is cheating on her, and she even knows the mistresses name! If I understood the story correctly, she overhears several of her friends discussing the affair in a woman's restroom and this is how she finds out. It is almost the ultimate form of embarrassment, to be the last one to know among your peers. Then this particular woman divorces her husband, something which is not popular in her culture, and is forced to allow her niece to move in with her as a "chaperon". I felt that this was a bit patronizing! Then it is discovered that the niece is having an affair with a different married man! I became a little confused when the story started to split up and I believe it began to tell other tale's of women who had caught their husbands cheating. I particularly enjoyed the story about the wife who destroyed the husbands apartment while he was out at work (after watching he and his mistress leave the apartment).