Interesting Facts About Space

When her phobias threaten to derail her life, 26-year-old Enid, an information architect at the NASA-like Space Agency, cautiously reassesses her traumatic past. Enid, who is neurodivergent and partially deaf, lives a life marked by denial and avoidance. After her father’s death, she awkwardly connects with her bubbly half-sisters, hooks up with women but steers clear of long-term relationship commitments, and shares interesting facts about space with her mother instead of addressing her mother’s deep-seated depression. When her fear of bald men leads to trouble at work and in her personal life, Enid finally seeks help. Narrator Natalie Naudus crafts a compassionate, deeply affecting portrayal of Enid, tenderly capturing her abiding concern for her mother and the arc of her anxiety, which grows from a dull itch to a fever pitch. Naudus also offers sensitive depictions of secondary characters, including Enid’s refreshingly straightforward new lover Polly and her mother, who radiates warmth even when she is overwhelmed by depression.