What I _did_ miss was more than one point of view. I realize that access might have been really difficult with a taboo subject like this, but I wanted to hear the inner voice of Maggie, Nadine’s steady. And Maggie’s husband.

Maggie presents her relationship with Nadine as the intimacy that she lives for, but it was hard for me to believe in that intimacy because swinging sex doesn’t actually sound very intimate (hedonistic yes, but intimate?).

So, without those other voices, it’s hard for me as a listener to really believe Maggie. She makes a big statement there at the top of the narrative arc, but there are no scenes to support what she says. So the relationship and the piece sound two dimensional.

Still, it’s kind of a fascinating piece. I listened to it twice through, but I just felt empty afterwards – no satisfying connection.