Some great moments of writing, but just overall did not click for me. The author talks a bit in the afterward about how she wanted to convey almost like a before & after a specific memory, which was not executed the best, in my opinion. Her life events unfold in an otherwise non-linear fashion with the memory not quite becoming clear until the end of the memoir itself, so the intended effect was quite lost on me. Furthermore, this end portion also really leans into her mother being representative of something in the biblical realm, and though this section is very well-written and fleshed-out, I would have appreciated it more if this thought had been moreso a thread connecting previous moments in the work too. I do appreciate the honesty and the dedication to authenticity by not embellishing her actions and behaviors, but, all in all, the way the work was structured made reading it less enjoyable and less comprehensible for me.