maame is worth reading for its insight about grief and love in all its complicated forms. however, the book is so clearly majorly drawing from the author’s own experiences that i wondered through most of the book why it wasn’t just written as an autobiography. some of the stories felt like they meant a lot to the author but added little to the reflections within the book, like her relationship with alex. however, i did cry about 3 separate times regarding maddie’s relationship with her dad so i’d recommend it for that alone.