Shes a waitress. Hes a chef. They used to be best friends, but now, theyre in love and living together in a studio apartment. Shes also a selkie, Odysseus, and a cowgirl called Quick Fingers. Hes a really good man.When he asks her to marry him, Hero panics. She is lots of things but one thing she doesnt want to be is anybodys wife. Drawing on a rich history of myth and legend, and yet unmistakeably of the moment, this is a love story and a story about what it means for women to be supporting characters in a world written by men.