This book was an interesting look into the mind of a person you - or at least I - couldn't understand and whose life is at a different point from mine. 

The protagonist and narrator is struggling with getting old and accepting her daughter being a lesbian. She works at a care facility for old people and projects her own anxieties onto a woman she is taking care of. She feels like she's the only person who acknowledges that we will all grow old and face the same horrible treatment the old people they're caring for face now. This I was fully on board with - old people should be cared for and treated with respect simply because they should and it is right, but I also cannot understand politicians also in my own country constantly cutting from the care of old people, as if it won't concern them too some day.

It was interesting to follow her thoughts regarding her daughter and motherhood in general. She is conflicted about her feelings. On one hand, she feels like she somehow owns her daughter and she owes her mother a life that she accepts. On the other hand, she cares about her daughter and is worried about her, even when her worry feels misguided to the reader.

I liked the difficult exploration of a person many readers cannot agree with. I loved reading about an older person finding herself and her place in a world that has changed faster than she has. There are not enough books with old main characters.

In the end, however, I didn't quite connect with the character. I think it might have been the audiobook narrator. For me, the reading didn't feel like I personally thought it should be read. So, to sum it up, this was a good book but unfortunately fell a bit flat for me.