I'd heard a recent interview with this author on NPR and while awaiting her current book from my local public library, I decided to read this one.

All books have some attributes that are more appealing to a particular reader than others , and this selection was no different. I don't read much fiction these days but really got sucked in to this story due to the very human and flawed characters as well as the subject matter. Although I woke up feeling physically ill a few mornings during the week-10 days I spent reading this, in the end I realize I needed the book's message and the fact that I stumbled upon it at all was probably not simply happenstance.