Rather than compressing monumental developments into a few minutes of reading time, 𝑅𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 attempts to recreate the experience of living that life, encouraging the reader to inhabit the quiet ticking of minutes passing by as these women write shopping lists, forage for mushrooms, or supervise repairs.