When you are a scientist and a logical person, how does religion and faith fit in the equation? Gifty grapples with this along with the loss of her brother to addiction and her mothers resulting depression.
The scientist in me absolutely loved Giftys perspective on things, very relatable.

"I wanted the path to goodness to be clear. I suspect that this is why i excelled at math and science, where the rules are laid out step by step, where if you did something exactly the way it was supposed to be done, the result would be be exactly as it was expected to be."

You couldn't help but root and feel for Gifty. Grief, loss and family is big in this book. This book was overall sad, but that's just the way i like it.