This is not a quick or easy read. But it is well worth it with some wonderful passages. The book is one of those that keeps expanding spirals of ideas and events into a deeper and deeper understanding. What is it to be an immigrant, what is it to be part of a diaspora of a nation that is collapsing, what is it to be the daughter in a failed marriage. What is it to be human and accept and understand the fallibilities of family and the people around you. How do you respond to a culture that is and isn't yours - by staying and staying and living it and coming to grips with yourself and what you witness.