I really wanted to read this book, especially after discovering that it was written by an author from, and set in, Ontario. The same province I live in. I had never heard of the author so before I started reading I found out some information about her. I had learned that she had won many awards for her writing. So knowing all this, it had to be a great read, right? Unfortunately, for me, it wasn't.
It started out okay but I soon tired of the repetitiveness of the details. Yes, we know that Alice's husband left her. We understand that he left her with almost nothing.
I was also frustrated with how child-like Alice was made to sound. She talks and carries around with her a stuffed rabbit from her childhood. This also came across in how she dealt with the departure of her husband. Or how she handled driving away from the her home with no destination and not paying attention to what is going on around her. It was hard to get attached to Alice's story.
I could have continued through the story, maybe skipping the repeated information and stop back reading to try to figure out what I got confused about (it seems to be some proofreading and editing is still waiting to be done before publication). Maybe I would have eventually connected with Alice but the final straw is the continual pointing out of Alice's body size and shape. I just could not handle reading that over and over like it was some awful thing about Alice. Why is this needed?

I wish the author well on this book and truly hope that many great reviews are received.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.