I liked how this story is told in small little vignettes over the course of a year, and though the small little pieces of that year are often melancholy and grim, there's happiness and laughter too. I would definitely enjoy this more if I had a group to discuss the themes with, but this is a great little read none the less.

 My rating comes from lack of punctuation, which I find makes certain passages more frustrating to parse through, though the other insists otherwise. Also, she let's her poetry background in with lots of little rhymes that I often found distracting.